Minecraft Legends' Mobs Could More Directly Impact the Original Game
Microsoft has an insane number of developers and IP under its Xbox Game Studios umbrella, especially following the $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media and subsequent $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The scope of offerings on Xbox consoles and the Game Pass service was made clear during last week's Microsoft and Bethesda Games Showcase, though one particularly interesting announcement was another spin-off for one of its most popular brands: Minecraft Legends.
The tech conglomerate acquired Minecraft developer Mojang for $2.5 billion in 2014, and that deal has paid dividends considering Minecraft is now the best-selling game of all time with content generating a collective trillion views on YouTube as of December 2021. It makes sense why the brand is continuing to diversify, and Minecraft Legends is just the latest branch from sandbox building to an action-strategy game developed by Blackbird Interactive — which assisted on Minecraft Earth. Mojang has a mixed history of weaving its spin-offs into the original Minecraft, but Legends' conceit could open more crossover potential.
Minecraft's New YouTube Record Showcases Its Longevity and Significance
Each Minecraft spin-off has its own audience, from Minecraft: Education Edition that acts as supplemental learning material for schools to the now-shuttered AR mobile game Minecraft Earth that brought the series' mechanics into the real world. The most recent Mojang venture was more a «video game» in the traditional sense; Minecraft Dungeons being a dungeon-crawler akin to Diablo that continually receives content through a seasonal «Adventure Pass» model.
Minecraft Legends is set to be a more narrative-driven experience with a softer art style reminiscent of
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