Minecraft Legends will test how resilient fans can be
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The appetite for Minecraft seems pretty endless. Microsoft has to keep feeding fans with new content, and the latest thing coming in the portfolio is Minecraft Legends.
It’s a real-time action strategy game coming in 2023. I got a little preview of it out in Germany. During the recent Gamescom expo, I caught up with Minecraft Legends executive producer Dennis Ries and creative director Magnus Nedfors at Microsoft’s Mojang division.
They took me on a tour of Minecraft Legends in a demo and then entertained my questions. You play it from a third-person perspective, and it features both cooperative and competitive multiplayer. Minecraft Legends got going in 2018, and it was revealed during the Xbox Showcase in June.
As Nordfors says, Minecraft Legends is a story, a legend, told in the Minecraft universe. It’s a story about the Overworld and how the Overworld is invaded by piglins from Nether. You’re called to that legend as the hero to unite the Overworld, to fight the piglins, and make a lot of friends along the way.
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Mojang is working with developer Blackbird Interactive in Vancouver to make the game. We’ll see if that appetite is going to be endless after all.
Here’s an edited transcript of our interview.
Magnus Nedfors: I’m the creative director on the Mojang side. I say that because we’re doing it together with Blackbird Interactive in Vancouver. They have a team, and then we’re on the publishing
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