Minecraft Legends is a self-described "action strategy" game in which players command Minecraft mobs in a constant war against invading Piglins.

Developers Mojang and Blackbird announced Tuesday that they have spent time since launch incorporating community feedback and implementing "changes and tweaks to make the game better." Now that that process is allegedly "complete," they are "going to step back from development" and the game's new content will end after the release of the last batch of new content, Lost Legends: Snow vs Snout

On the plus side, that update will The introduction of a new version of the Redstone Launcher, which brings "a whole new style of combat to the game" and allows players to "focus on destroying the Pigrin base from afar. I think this counts as the introduction of artillery. Finally, Minecraft warfare entered the 14th century.

The developer also noted that the game's latest title update "brought fearless frogs, witches, clangers, air helicopters, and numerous enhancements to the game's mechanics" and improved the game's battle view UI. But that seems to be the last thing they got.

Of course, there is no intrinsic reason why "Minecraft Legends" should receive a long, long update, but it is hard not to read this news and think about the game's lukewarm reception. After all, this is a game that bears the "Minecraft" name, which is both depressingly popular and enormously profitable, so one has to imagine that Microsoft's expectations for this game were a bit higher than this.

Unfortunately, the game was a disappointment upon release, and expectations for a long development period seem to have been dashed. In Lauren Morton's review of Minecraft Legends for PCG, she scored the game 50%, criticizing it for missing "the spirit of Minecraft's invention and creativity."