Winners of Apple ’s App Store Best of 2020 were announced today with Among Us _ and Minecraft _ taking first place in key categories. Both games have been around for some time – Minecraft originally released on mobile platforms nearly 10 years ago and Among Us in 2018 – but the two games remain popular today. Among Us has been especially notable this year as its popularity unexpectedly skyrocketed years after its launch, capturing the imagination of many fa
YouTuber and **Minecraft ** speedrunner Dream has been doxxed, in yet another blow to the controversial streamer over the past weeks. The doxxing came about after a picture of Dream’s kitchen posted on his Twitter account, which was apparently enough for a few obsessed fans to use to find his personal information and location, a testament to the often destructive power of the internet as a tool for online stalking and harassm
2020 has been a difficult year for everyone, but it remains a solid year for Minecraft . The beloved block-builder has been thriving with new content, both community-made and in the form of official updates from Mojang. And even after eleven years, fans are still responding positively to the game. During 2020, which has proven to be YouTube Gaming’s biggest year, Minecraft has attracted 200 billion views on the video platform from let’s plays, streams, and other content. The social media-warping presence of Steve in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate surely didn’t hurt the game’s reputation eit
Dream has already faced a few other controversies over the last few weeks, including being stripped of his speedrun record on Minecraft following allegations that his incredible luck was just a little too incredible to be credible. As catalogued by Twitter user defnoodles , hardcore Dream “stans” have since taken matters into their own hands, when Dream posted a picture of his kitchen to one of his Twitter accounts (whether they were motivated by his cheating or by his face reveal is unknown). Using online real estate marketplace Zillow, Twitter user mazouwu managed to figure out Dream’s precise address and offered the information to anyone who asked before deleting all of the content from their acco
Also known as the Shattered Savanna, this world offers a beautiful variety of biomes. From its forests to deserts to jungle and even a large section of the mesa biome. This stunning landscape is dotted with several interesting spots. The “Shattered Savanna” spot, in particular, can be seen from the coordinates 132, 91, -261. A tiny village rests on the edge of three of the various biomes at the coordinates 60, 92, 473. It is locked between the mesa, desert, and forest biomes, hanging on the side of a mountain. This village even features an open skeleton spawner. The outpost in this seed sits at the coordinates 330, 64, nintendo Switch news|https://switchmixzone.com/ 532 in the desert biome. The spawn coordinates for this seed are 208, 66, 5.
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Games like Among Us ** and Minecraft ** have been extremely important this year with so many people impacted by COVID-19. It is wonderful to see games getting recognition for that and the awards that dominate the end of the gaming year also give players something fun to focus
The game itself saw strong critical reception at its launch alongside a sizable player base, with 1.2 million downloads in the US alone. However, it was praised as an ambitious, worldwide undertaking by Mojang that created a fun but time consuming game model that most players found difficult to stick with. As of today, the game struggles to hit just under 20,000 monthly users worldwide. Due to the sharp drop off of players and the reality of the ongoing pandemic, it makes sense that Mojang would want to reassess and focus on projects that are more accessible to its fanb
Mojang Studios announced that, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, that Minecraft Earth will be receiving it’s final update and before being shut down in June 2021. The studio specifically points out that the game was designed with exploration and collaborative play in mind , two things that are very difficult to achieve in this day and age. Mojang has decided to allocate their resources to other projects they currently have in the works. In today’s update to the doomed game, they removed microtransactions altogether and made the in-game cost of many items much cheaper in an effort to make the game as accessible and fun as possible for fans who are still play
Another big winner in Apple’s awards was Genshin Impact , which took home the top prize for Game of the Year for iPhones devices . The free-to-play game managed to capture many with its Breath of the Wild feel despite fears that the game’s gacha mechanics would deter players. Genshin Impact is far from struggling; in fact, according to one report, the game is tantalizingly close to an amazing financial milestone. From the game’s release in September to the end of November the game brought in nearly $400 million dollars on mobile platforms al
