{"id":96703,"date":"2019-07-15T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/minecraft-earth-beta\/"},"modified":"2019-07-15T15:00:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T15:00:28","slug":"get-a-glimpse-at-minecraft-earth-in-action-and-then-sign-up-for-the-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/15\/get-a-glimpse-at-minecraft-earth-in-action-and-then-sign-up-for-the-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Get a glimpse at Minecraft Earth in action, and then sign up for the beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/get-a-glimpse-at-minecraft-earth-in-action-and-then-sign-up-for-the-beta.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"author\">By Joe Robinson<\/span> <span class=\"date\">15 Jul 2019<\/span> <\/p>\n<div id=\"content-container\">\n<p>I\u2019ll be honest, even though it\u2019s been fun playing around with <em>Wizard\u2019s Unite<\/em> with my wife, <em>Minecraft Earth<\/em> is the one I\u2019ve been really looking forward to. I still am, as there are things about <em>Harry Potter<\/em> that could definitely be better and really, the IP doesn\u2019t have a strong a pull to it in my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re like me who\u2019s also waiting for Microsoft\u2019s answer to <em>Pokemon GO<\/em>, you\u2019ll be pleased to know that not only can you now sign-up for the beta, you can also watch a short trailer with some gameplay in action:<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-TzDT3bcPTU?controls=0]<\/p>\n<p>Tappables? Really? Who names these things? Anyway\u2026<\/p>\n<p>That small slice shows off everything from what the main map will look like, to what resources you can collect, to how building and sharing works. There are few other things we know about that weren\u2019t shown, like Dungeons, but I\u2019m sure it won\u2019t be long.<\/p>\n<p>The Closed Beta will be iOS only for the moment, and it\u2019ll be limited in terms of the locations and number of people that they will be bringing on board. <a href=\"https:\/\/earth.minecraft.net\/en-us\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You can sign up here<\/a>, although you need to be over 18 to sign up, and need either a Microsoft or an Xbox Live account.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll need an iOS 10 or later device (and Android 7 or later when it rolls out there) and be warned as progress etc\u2026 is likely to reset as they make changes and improvements. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minecraft.net\/en-us\/earth\/faq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FAQ<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t wait to plonk down the very first Fort PT.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joe Robinson 15 Jul 2019 I\u2019ll be honest, even though it\u2019s been fun playing around with Wizard\u2019s Unite with my wife, Minecraft Earth is the one I\u2019ve been really looking forward to. I still am, as there are things about Harry Potter that could definitely be better and really, the IP doesn\u2019t have a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile-game-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}