Microsoft Announces Minecraft Legends Game For Xbox PC And Cloud Coming In 2022

Microsoft is expanding its world of Minecraft into a brand new action-adventure game, Minecraft Legends. The game will be released in 2023. It will ask players to explore Minecraft as it is taken over by a nefarious force.

Microsoft's Mojang studios which develops Minecraft, described the new game as an "familiar yet in-many-ways-new" experience that is focused more on battle and strategy. EMAIL The original Minecraft game was released in 2011. It requires players to build and explore while sometimes fighting off zombie-like creatures.

"You are at the center of every battle you take on, fighting alongside your allies and giving them direction," Microsoft said, in a statement that teased the game. Microsoft announced that it had partnered with Blackbird Interactive who also developed the space strategy game Homeworld3.

Minecraft Legends is not a well-known game. However it doesn't guarantee success. Minecraft is a popular video game, right there with Super Mario Bros., Grand Theft Auto and Tetris. However, its attempts to expand beyond its hit formula have been intermittent.

Minecraft Dungeons, an action-adventure game in Minecraft's style, received mixed reviews when it debuted two years ago, as per an investigation by Metacritic. GameSpot also a CNET corporate partner, gave Minecraft Dungeons an "good" rating. GameSpot noted that Minecraft Dungeons was focused on fighting monsters rather than providing a fresh twist to its original formula of world-building. "Rather than shift our expectations of what games can be, the game is relying on its own popularity," GameSpot's Steve Watts wrote.

Microsoft announced Minecraft Legends at its annual summer video game showcase, which is held online this year. The game will made available next year on Xbox, PC and cloud gaming.