The annual Minecon event was held for fans of the most massive 21st century game – Minecraft. The total sales of the game on all platforms reached 175 million copies, and an active audience of 112 million players over the past month and continues to grow. Every year, at Minecon Live, developers tell you what’s going on behind the scenes of development and what fans can expect in the coming months:

Minecraft Earth is a shareware game for mobile platforms that grew out of the Minecraft presentation for HoloLens at E3 2015. In the summer of 2019, a closed beta test was held in five cities (Seattle, London, Tokyo, Stockholm and Mexico City), now an early version is about to be launched Games for Android. Those who wish to participate in its testing can apply here.

For the main version of Minecraft, there is a major update called “Nether Update” that will add new biomes, mobs, structures, blocks and visual effects, as well as a completely new Pinglins race.

Minecraft Dungeons is the new Minecraft game for the Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC. The release is expected in the spring of 2020, the game will be available by subscription Xbox Game Pass immediately on the day of release. Those who wish to take part in the closed beta test can apply here.