Minecraft Earth: Everything We Know About The Minecraft Earth Mobile

After Microsoft purchased the Minecraft franchise for billions a few years ago, it has turned the series from a hugely popular gaming experience into a medium-spanning titan that shows no signs of slowing.

With the vanilla experience available on nearly every device and platform under the sun, it was only a matter of time until something more was spawned out of the addictive block-building phenomenon.

This is where Minecraft Earth comes in an augmented reality experience that puts the world of Minecraft into your own, allowing you to build, collect resources, and work with friends in real-life locations. It takes a feather out of Pokemon GO’s cap but calling it little more than a clone more than sells it short.

Trusted Reviews has compiled everything you need to know about Minecraft Earth, including all the latest news, gameplay details, trailers, and more.

Minecraft Earth Release Date – When is It Coming Out?

Minecraft Earth is currently available in beta form on iOS devices, has received several updates since its initial launch. As for Android, it’s yet to receive the same widespread release as seen on Apple devices, although we’re hoping to hear more in the coming weeks and months.

Minecraft Earth sounds awesome, so when will we be able to play it? Microsoft has released the game in beta form across iOS and Android, with the global launch to follow later in 2019.

The Minecraft Earth closed beta has begun in London, Seattle, Stockholm, Tokyo and Mexico City, and is now available for both iOS and Android users following a closed iOS-only beta. You can apply to take part in the beta on the Minecraft Earth website, but be aware that you might not get selected as interest is unsurprisingly high, and you must use it daily, or you'll be booted from the test. We learned that the hard way. We’ll be sure to update this section once Microsoft announces firm release date details, so check back soon.

Minecraft Earth Trailers – How Does It Look?

We’ve compiled all the latest trailers for Minecraft Earth, providing you with a detailed glimpse at what to expect from it on iOS and Android. Making the world into a massive Minecraft map is Minecraft Earth, an upcoming augmented reality mobile game that lets players pop virtual trees, benches, castles, and creatures in the neighborhoods around them, as long as there's a flat surface to hand.

Players will be able to collect Free Minecraft Earth gift cards, familiar and novel creatures, gather resources, and team up with fellow players on digital crafting projects.

In this way, the proposed AR game merits immediate comparison to Pokémon Go and the upcoming Harry Potter Wizards Unite, both steered by Google spin-off Niantic and making use of Google map data and player movements to apply a fictional layer to the non-digital world while collecting travel data and revenue from their players.

As part of celebrations for the 10th anniversary of collaborative construction game Minecraft, Microsoft-owned developer Mojang re-launched the prototypical Minecraft Classic as a free browser app on May 7.

May 9 brought with it a free custom Anniversary Map for players of the current game, a layout in the form of a digital theme park both complex and stately, while May 16 unveiled this year's Minecraft convention as Minecon Live, a live-streamed show set for Sept 28.

Minecraft Earth Gameplay – How Does It Work?

The core concept of Minecraft Earth is building structures with friends at a real-life size, with co-operation sitting at the center of what Minecraft Earth believes is so compelling. If it can replicate the sense of teamwork that comes with raiding a gym in Pokemon GO, it’s already onto a winner.

In the map, depicted on your phone’s screen as a Minecraft-ified version of Google Maps, you’ll see your personalized character with their weapon, resources, and armor. You’ll be able to craft different outfits with materials found as you progress, showing off your special aesthetic to other players.

Scattered across the map are points known as ‘Tappables’ which, when touched, will provide you with resources and other items that will prove useful. Tappable have a variety of different types too, including stone, grass, chests, and mobs. We assume more will be added after the beta.

Adventures will also appear in Minecraft Earth, essentially acting as quests you can complete in for experience and additional rewards. In these instances, you will fight enemies, such as spiders and zombies, while also hunting down treasure and other neat rewards.

Outside of the traditional Minecraft elements, which themselves are ports of the Java version, you’ll stumble upon mechanics known as Build Plates, one of the major, augmented reality tentpoles of Minecraft Earth. These are worlds that all players can build on, located across specific points in reality. So, if you stumble upon them while on your commute or walking through a park, you can add to them as much as you like.

These will vary in size, topping out at 200 feet (60 meters) which is rather vast when you take into account real-life locations. You can upgrade the size of personal realms, your build plates, using the in-game shop or leveling up through gameplay. You can invite players to build with you or invite everyone to contribute – although be aware of grieving and all the other nasty stuff.

Privileges on these plates will change depending on if it's your realm or if a friend has invited you to take part. If none of those mentioned above points apply, your changes won’t remain, and it won’t always be possible to accrue resources. Knowing this, Minecraft Earth should encourage players to meet up with friends and build their projects.

The idea of spending weeks and months compiling a creation with friends or colleagues sounds exciting, especially if its convincingly represented in reality with a genuine sense of scale. We’ll have to wait and see, and will have a hands-on preview of our impressions coming your way soon.