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Watch: Ian plays Minecraft/Zelda mash-up Dragon Quest Builders live

Dragons, questing and building from 3:30pm.

Dragon Quest Builders has been out in Japan since the beginning of the year and next week marks the release of the English language version.

Dragon Quest Builders is a curious little game that, simply put, is a charming mash-up between Minecraft and Zelda. I'll be playing ninety minutes worth of the first chapter for you today, starting at 3:30pm BST.

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The first chapter of the game acts as a rather lengthy tutorial and I've already streamed the opening three hours on my personal YouTube channel if you want to check those out. For this stream however, I'll be continuing on from where I left off last night and will be jumping into the game just as it starts to give the player a bit more freedom to quest and build.

Not sure about the dragon bit yet though. They're conspicuously absent so far...

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