Minecraft Earth is now available in our country. For iOS and Android mobile devices compatible with augmented reality. The new video game based on the pixelized virtual world of Minecraft is already a reality in Spain.
Ya we comment A few weeks ago a beta phase of this game was running on the internet, and it would not take long to officially launch. It was released in October in some countries and it has finally touched ours. Starting today, if you have an AR (augmented reality) compatible mobile you can download it.
Microsoft, propietario del desarrollador de Minecraft, ha informado hoy que ya está disponible para su descarga en la App Store, but in early access format. It is a predefined version, after the beta phase, but without counting on all its functions one hundred percent. The final version will be available worldwide before the end of the year.
The game is one of the so-called Free-to-Play, that is to say free but with integrated purchases. You must have a free Microsoft account To be able to log in, you choose your character, and you can now roam freely through the Minecraft universe. The novelty of this "Earth" version is that the game uses the geoposition of the mobile's GPS, and with the help of the camera, it combines virtual scenarios with real images, similar to the system it uses. Pokemon Go.
You need a free and flat space, such as a table or the floor of a room, and by pointing the camera over it, you can create 3D maps and see the construction from any angle. It's like creating a set of blocks, Lego-like, but virtual. A virtual Exin Castles, let's go.
This "almost" definitive version, brings new functions that the beta phase did not have, such as "adventures". You have to do a construction in a certain time, with the help of other players. New creatures have also been added, you can melt minerals into gold bars, etc.
If we take into account the legion of gamers hooked on Minecraft for years, combined with the spectacularity of augmented reality, the game is going to be a success. I am looking forward to my boy from school to give him the news.