There’s a free new Minecraft recreation being developed for cellular in partnership with King–the creators of Sweet Crush Saga–but most gamers will not have the ability to get their arms on it for a while.
Minecraft Blast is a free-to-play cellular recreation that mixes match puzzles with a Minecraft-themed world that you may frequently improve. Mojang and King describe it as a “delightfully blocky puzzle journey,” and promise “enjoyable and difficult” match puzzles that grant rewards that can be utilized to construct constructions and objects.
From the screenshots and photographs we have seen up to now, it seems such as you’ll must clear blocks–some of which can be acquainted to present Minecraft gamers, akin to TNT–which then grants vitality or foreign money that can be utilized to buy constructions or objects to position in your world. We have additionally noticed some acquainted Minecraft mobs, together with Chickens, Zombies, and Creepers.
At the moment, there is a limited-time playtest out there for customers in Canada or Malaysia, however Mojang says it plans to make these exams out there to extra areas sooner or later. The playtest areas have been “based mostly on particular testing necessities” and created in an effort to “collect early suggestions and refine the expertise” forward of a full launch. If you happen to’re based mostly in both of those areas, the playtest is at present restricted to the App Store in English in Malaysia, or English and French in Canada.
Whereas the complete recreation hasn’t but been launched, those that have gotten their arms on Minecraft Blast, akin to YouTuber PatarHD, be aware that they are solely seeing a small portion of the contents and core gameplay, with development being halted after the sport’s first stage. Any progress made throughout the playtests will not carry over to Minecraft Blast’s full release–but there isn’t any phrase but on when that will probably be.