Minecraft mobile for Xperia Play first
Indie blockbuster's Android, iOS plans.A mobile version of wildly successful indie game Minecraft will launch first on Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play phone later this year.
A wider release on Android phones and iOS devices is set to follow.
Will Minecraft on a mobile be very different? Developer Mojang has said to expect some changes.
"When playing on smartphones you will have a different screen size compared to PC, different hardware, different attention spans," a statement on Gamasutra reads. "Thus the game needs to be customised to fit the mobile specifications."
Minecraft also launches fully on PC this year. After two and a half years in various alpha and beta builds, a "finished" version of Minecraft has been earmarked for 11th November.
Minecraft may not have been released, but creator Markus "Notch" Persson has already amassed a fortune of £20 million from game sales.
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