<s>
Minecraft	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
was	O
an	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
and	O
geolocation-based	O
sandbox	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Mojang	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Xbox	O
Game	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
spin-off	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
available	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
being	O
an	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
game	O
,	O
Minecraft	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
was	O
also	O
a	O
location-based	O
game	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
GPS-tracked	O
world	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
Minecraft	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
was	O
centered	O
around	O
building	O
structures	O
,	O
gathering	O
resources	O
,	O
crafting	O
,	O
and	O
exploration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
utilized	O
the	O
same	O
Bedrock	O
game	O
engine	O
as	O
other	O
versions	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
"	O
build	O
mode	O
"	O
,	O
players	O
could	O
build	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
structures	O
on	O
"	O
Buildplates	O
"	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
other	O
players	O
,	O
then	O
explore	O
them	O
in	O
full	O
size	O
with	O
"	O
play	O
mode	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
both	O
Build	O
mode	O
and	O
Play	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
buildplates	O
were	O
overlaid	O
onto	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
using	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
(	O
AR	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
built-in	O
phone	O
camera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minecraft	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
considers	O
physical	O
objects	O
such	O
as	O
trees	O
and	O
lakes	O
so	O
there	O
are	O
fewer	O
incidents	O
and	O
interferences	O
with	O
the	O
AR	O
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minecraft	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
included	O
many	O
different	O
kinds	O
of	O
in-game	O
entities	O
called	O
"	O
mobs	O
"	O
that	O
are	O
exclusive	O
variations	O
of	O
the	O
mobs	O
in	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minecoins	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
present	O
in	O
all	O
Bedrock	O
editions	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
,	O
could	O
only	O
be	O
purchased	O
with	O
real	O
money	O
and	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
purchase	O
cosmetic	O
items	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
texture	O
packs	O
and	O
character	O
skins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minecraft	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
utilized	O
information	O
from	O
OpenStreetMap	O
for	O
map	O
information	O
and	O
was	O
built	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
for	O
its	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
free-to-play	O
,	O
and	O
supported	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
Microsoft	O
Build	O
2015	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
HoloLens	B-General_Concept
team	O
unveiled	O
an	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
version	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minecraft	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
during	O
Minecraft	B-Application
10th	O
anniversary	O
in	O
May	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
closed	O
beta	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
16	O
July	O
2019	O
in	O
Seattle	O
and	O
London	O
,	O
then	O
in	O
Stockholm	O
,	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
and	O
Mexico	O
City	O
over	O
the	O
next	O
two	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
users	O
in	O
these	O
cities	O
gained	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
closed	O
beta	O
on	O
30	O
August	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minecraft	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
early	O
access	O
in	O
Iceland	O
and	O
New	O
Zealand	O
on	O
17	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
and	O
slowly	O
rolled	O
out	O
in	O
other	O
countries	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
weeks	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
in	O
November	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
globally	O
on	O
11	O
December	O
2019	O
(	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
China	O
,	O
Cuba	O
,	O
Iran	O
,	O
Myanmar	O
,	O
Sudan	O
,	O
Iraq	O
,	O
and	O
UAE	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
5	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
developer	O
Mojang	O
Studios	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
releasing	O
the	O
final	O
build	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
,	O
citing	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
as	O
a	O
factor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mojang	O
added	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
ending	O
support	O
for	O
Minecraft	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
on	O
30	O
June	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time	O
Magazine	O
listed	O
Minecraft	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Best	O
100	O
Inventions	O
of	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
songs	O
,	O
"	O
Earth	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
featured	O
as	O
downloadable	O
content	O
in	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
2018	O
crossover	O
fighting	O
game	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
arrangement	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
13	O
October	O
2020	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Challenger	O
Pack	O
7	O
within	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
Ultimates	I-Application
Fighters	O
Pass	O
Vol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Challenger	O
Pack	O
7	O
features	O
content	O
from	O
the	O
Minecraft	B-Application
franchise	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
playable	O
Minecraft	B-Application
fighter	O
whose	O
playable	O
color	O
variations	O
include	O
the	O
default	O
Minecraft	B-Application
skins	O
Steve	O
and	O
Alex	O
,	O
a	O
stage	O
based	O
on	O
various	O
Minecraft	B-Application
biomes	O
,	O
and	O
seven	O
music	O
tracks	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
"	O
Earth	O
"	O
arrangement	O
itself	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
six	O
other	O
tracks	O
sourced	O
from	O
Minecraft	B-Application
Dungeons	I-Application
and	O
various	O
minigames	O
from	O
the	O
discontinued	O
Legacy	O
Console	O
Edition	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
