Minecraft Legends development officially ends today with one final content update

Mojang and developer Blackbird Interactive have officially brought development on Minecraft Legends to a end today with one final content update, wrapping up a little under nine months of post-launch support for the real-time strategy spin-off.

Released back in May last year, Minecraft Legends unfortunately didn't especially impress, proving to be a decidedly average RTS that failed to do much to justify its use of the Minecraft licence. "It feels too overwhelming and poorly explained for kids," Eurogamer contributor Caelyn Ellis wrote in her review, "too rudimentary for older players and too frustrating for both. Minecraft is, at least for me, about creativity and experimentation, but there's no room for that here."

Still, Mojang and Blackbird Interactive have continued to support the game with a series of post-launch updates since its release, but Mojang has now confirmed today's Snow vs. Snouts will be its last. Announced during last year's Minecraft Live event and originally planned to launch in December, Snow vs. Snouts.

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