Minecraft China
Minecraft China is a localized edition of Minecraft: Java and Bedrock Editions for mainland China developed by NetEase and Mojang Studios.
Minecraft China has over 300 million players as of November 2019.[2]
History[edit | edit source]
The Chinese Edition was announced on April 7, 2017 in Water Cube, Beijing, China, where delegates from Mojang, Microsoft, and NetEase attended.[3] The first closed beta test took place from April 10 until its closure on April 28.[4][5] The Minecraft server Hypixel announced on May 20 that a China-exclusive server was going to open,[6] and another closed beta-test began from July 14 until its public opening on August 8.
Within a week of the first public beta test of the Chinese Edition on Android, the number of users grew beyond 14 million.[7][8]
Features[edit | edit source]
- Free game downloads[9]
- Cloud storage[Java Edition only]
- Friends system
- VIP center
- 20 ¥(CNY) per month
- VIPs enjoy a 40% discount on the current season's merchandise
- "Patch" system, similar to Marketplace
- Includes API, resource packs, skins, and mods
- Made by community creators, some are free
- Instead of Minecraft Coins the currency is "Emerald" and "Diamond", which don't conflict or affect with in-game items
- No achievements on Bedrock Edition
- Certain vulgarities and other words will be displayed as ***
- Added pet fox, which is a guide to survival and certain mobs
- Virtual controller
- New UI[Bedrock Edition only] and Pause Menu
- In-game forum
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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The application icon for Minecraft China.
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The application icon for Minecraft China mobile.
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Minecraft China's website
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The pop-up which is displayed when user's IP address is located in Mainland China visits minecraft.net.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Minecraft China on the Chinese App Store
- ↑ https://www.ladbible.com/technology/gaming-minecraft-player-count-reaches-an-incredible-480-million-20191112
- ↑ http://mc.163.com/2017/04/10/25510_682546.html
- ↑ http://mc.163.com/2017/04/21/25510_684915.html
- ↑ http://mc.163.com/2017/05/18/25510_690068.html
- ↑ http://mc.163.com/2017/05/22/25510_690743.html
- ↑ http://mc.163.com/news/2017/10/12/25510_717885.html
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Minecraft/status/920915550829768704
- ↑ http://mc.163.com/news/2017/05/18/25510_690068.html