Mojang Studios has announced that it is shutting down its augmented reality mobile game Minecraft Earth, which lets players interact with a Minecraft game superimposed onto real-world GPS data. In a new blog post, the Minecraft Earth team confirmed that it is winding down its game with plans to end support on June 30, 2021. Although never explicitly mentioned, the devs cite the complications of managing an AR game during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of its decision to shut down Minecraft Earth. “Minecraft Earth was designed around free movement and collaborative play — two things that have become near impossible in the current global situation,” the staff writes in a blog post. Other AR games, like Pokemon Go, faced similar COVID-related obstacles during the pandemic. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/05/17/minecraft-earth-official-reveal-trailer"] Still, the developers will support Minecraft Earth until June 2021 and are releasing one more update before the end that will let players enjoy the game before the shutdown. As part of the update, Minecraft Earth will remove real-money transactions, drastically reduce ruby costs, add all content — complete and unreleased, reduce time requirements for crafting and smelting, replace unused crafting and smelting boosts with radius boosts, and grant a set of Character Creator items to anyone who signs in between January 5 and June 30. Then, on June 30, Mojang will discontinue all content and service support for Minecraft Earth. This will also mean people will no longer be able to download or play Minecraft Earth. On July 1, Mojang will delete any Minecraft Earth player data unrelated to Character Creator [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/07/17/17-minutes-of-minecraft-earth-closed-beta-gameplay"] As another bonus, anyone who has paid for the in-game currency will receive Minecoins which can be used in the Minecraft Marketplace, and anyone who has made a purchase in Minecraft Earth will receive a free copy of the Minecraft Bedrock Edition. IGN has a brief overview of Minecraft Earth here if you’re interested in checking out the AR game before it sunsets for good on June 30.

This week in RDO, claim triple XP in A Land of Opportunities and Free Roam missions, as well as free drinks, free haircuts, and 50% off character appearance changes.

This week in RDO, claim triple XP in A Land of Opportunities and Free Roam missions, as well as free drinks, free haircuts, and 50% off character appearance changes.

A tabletop version of Slay the Spire has been revealed, with a Kickstarter campaign set to launch in Spring 2021.

You can see a concept picture of the game's box on the Contention Games website, who will be adapting the hit indie game for physical play. Megacrit, which developed Slay the Spire, will seemingly be working with Contention Games on the board game. The website's description says the game will be "a cooperative deckbuilding adventure. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and finally become strong enough to Slay the Spire!" [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/01/25/slay-the-spire-review"] If you're unfamiliar, Slay the Spire is a roguelike where players travel up a spire, slaying enemies in procedurally generated situations. Players pick from a deck of cards to decide their actions in combat, earning loot and upgrading abilities as they go. It'll be interesting to see how Contention Games adapt it into a board game - and particularly a game played by more than one player. We reviewed Slay the Spire back upon its launch in 2019, scoring it a 9 and calling it a "wholly new and extremely satisfying package". We subsequently called it one of the games of 2019. The game came to iOS back in June of 2020, with an Android port on the way. [Disclosure: Humble Bundle (which is owned by Ziff Davis, the parent company of IGN) is either the publisher or financier of Slay the Spire and may receive a commission or fee in connection with sales. Humble Bundle and IGN operate completely independently, and no special consideration is given to Humble Bundle-published or financed games for coverage or scoring.] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

A tabletop version of Slay the Spire has been revealed, with a Kickstarter campaign set to launch in Spring 2021.

You can see a concept picture of the game's box on the Contention Games website, who will be adapting the hit indie game for physical play. Megacrit, which developed Slay the Spire, will seemingly be working with Contention Games on the board game. The website's description says the game will be "a cooperative deckbuilding adventure. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and finally become strong enough to Slay the Spire!" [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/01/25/slay-the-spire-review"] If you're unfamiliar, Slay the Spire is a roguelike where players travel up a spire, slaying enemies in procedurally generated situations. Players pick from a deck of cards to decide their actions in combat, earning loot and upgrading abilities as they go. It'll be interesting to see how Contention Games adapt it into a board game - and particularly a game played by more than one player. We reviewed Slay the Spire back upon its launch in 2019, scoring it a 9 and calling it a "wholly new and extremely satisfying package". We subsequently called it one of the games of 2019. The game came to iOS back in June of 2020, with an Android port on the way. [Disclosure: Humble Bundle (which is owned by Ziff Davis, the parent company of IGN) is either the publisher or financier of Slay the Spire and may receive a commission or fee in connection with sales. Humble Bundle and IGN operate completely independently, and no special consideration is given to Humble Bundle-published or financed games for coverage or scoring.] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Multiple users are reporting that the PlayStation Store is listing certain games at a £10,000 price point (or even 10,000 of the local currency outside the UK). Currently, the pricing glitch appears to be affecting GreedFall, which is part of this month's PS Plus line-up. The issue was first reported to IGN by Twitter user Andreas K.:

@AskPlayStation yo @AskPS_UK do you reckon this is a good price... #Greedfall £10,000.00 for PS Plus members? Assetto Corsa for £6.24? Are these your monthly PS Plus games? #Playstation #Sony #psplus #AssettoCorsaCompetizione @eurogamer @IGNUK pic.twitter.com/U5E2JZUjZ4

— Andreas K. (@CollateralWill) January 5, 2021

On Twitter, The Emerald Archer and Christopher Khan have also reported a £10,000 version of GreedFall, while the issue has also been spotted in European regions, with the pricing swapped for Euros. It's not clear at time of writing what is causing the glitch, nor how widespread it is, but screenshots posted seem to point to it being an issue on the PS4 version of the store in particular - we've been unable to replicate the issue on PS5 or browsers. The pricing glitch has seemingly been appearing since at least the end of last year. On December 27, Raymond Chan in the IGN UK Podcast Facebook group spotted Dead Cells listed at £10,000, while Garyz on Twitter saw Friday The 13th at the same price last week. We've contacted Sony for comment. In other PS4 news, Sony Japan has today reportedly announced that it will discontinue all PS4 Pro models, and all but one PS4 Slim model, in order to manufacture more PS5s. However, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan has made clear that it will continue to support PS4 with games until at least 2022. If you picked up a PS5 recently, we've got tips on the PS5 hidden features and settings, and a guide on how best to transfer data from your PS4 to your new console. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=all-2021-games-with-confirmed-release-dates&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Multiple users are reporting that the PlayStation Store is listing certain games at a £10,000 price point (or even 10,000 of the local currency outside the UK). Currently, the pricing glitch appears to be affecting GreedFall, which is part of this month's PS Plus line-up. The issue was first reported to IGN by Twitter user Andreas K.:

@AskPlayStation yo @AskPS_UK do you reckon this is a good price... #Greedfall £10,000.00 for PS Plus members? Assetto Corsa for £6.24? Are these your monthly PS Plus games? #Playstation #Sony #psplus #AssettoCorsaCompetizione @eurogamer @IGNUK pic.twitter.com/U5E2JZUjZ4

— Andreas K. (@CollateralWill) January 5, 2021

On Twitter, The Emerald Archer and Christopher Khan have also reported a £10,000 version of GreedFall, while the issue has also been spotted in European regions, with the pricing swapped for Euros. It's not clear at time of writing what is causing the glitch, nor how widespread it is, but screenshots posted seem to point to it being an issue on the PS4 version of the store in particular - we've been unable to replicate the issue on PS5 or browsers. The pricing glitch has seemingly been appearing since at least the end of last year. On December 27, Raymond Chan in the IGN UK Podcast Facebook group spotted Dead Cells listed at £10,000, while Garyz on Twitter saw Friday The 13th at the same price last week. We've contacted Sony for comment. In other PS4 news, Sony Japan has today reportedly announced that it will discontinue all PS4 Pro models, and all but one PS4 Slim model, in order to manufacture more PS5s. However, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan has made clear that it will continue to support PS4 with games until at least 2022. If you picked up a PS5 recently, we've got tips on the PS5 hidden features and settings, and a guide on how best to transfer data from your PS4 to your new console. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=all-2021-games-with-confirmed-release-dates&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Michael Keaton's Batman is expected to make an appearance in The Flash movie but he has not been attached to any other DCEU projects at this time. The possibility of Keaton suiting up to play Batman again has been addressed after a recent New York Times profile sparked speculation that the actor will become the new Dark Knight of the DCEU after his prospective role in The Flash opposite Ezra Miller's Barry Allen. The reporter behind the piece has since clarified the paragraph about Keaton's potential involvement in future DC movies.

Been offline (moving apartments) and return to see this Michael Keaton craziness. I was referring to the *one film* that Keaton has been announced as being in, not a set of his own Batman films. If I had info on him beyond "The Flash," I would have obviously put it in my article

— Brooks Barnes (@brooksbarnesNYT) January 5, 2021

"I was referring to the *one film* that Keaton has been announced as being in, not a set of his own Batman films," Brooks Barnes explained on Twitter. "If I had info on him beyond The Flash, I would have obviously put it in my article." In the interview with DC Films president Walter Hamada, Barnes had described the DC multiverse as having "parallel worlds where different versions of the same character exist simultaneously." He then noted that Warner Bros. "will have two different film sagas involving Batman — played by two different actors — running at the same time." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/12/the-flash-movie-features-lots-of-superheroes-and-will-restart-the-dceu-dc-fandome"] With Robert Pattinson taking the title role in Matt Reeves' The Batman, speculation was rife over who might helm the secondary film saga. A Twitter user asked Barnes directly: "Some have interpreted that WB is doing 2 franchises starring Batman, one with Pattinson, one with a new actor. Is that correct, or you were referring to Keaton as a second Batman, being part of a non-Batman-centric saga?" In response to the question, Barnes simply replied: "Keaton." He then returned later with a further tweet to clarify that he was referencing Keaton's rumoured involvement in The Flash. Both Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton are reportedly reprising their respective Batman roles in The Flash, and it's believed that the movie will deal heavily with the concept of the DC multiverse. Director Andy Muschietti previously revealed that the movie will offer its own take on the iconic Flashpoint storyline, which inspired elements of The Flash TV series and 2013's Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=dc-extended-universe-every-upcoming-movie&captions=true"] Elsewhere, Reeves has been busy working on the next Batman solo film, which is said to start from scratch with a story set in the second year of the caped crusader's career. The movie is expected to form part of a trilogy, with the first installment starring Pattinson in the lead role alongside Jeffrey Wright's Commissioner Gordon, Zoë Kravitz' Catwoman, Paul Dano's Riddler, and Colin Farrell's Penguin. The Batman was originally scheduled for release on June 25, 2021, but will now debut on March 4, 2022, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Flash is scheduled to arrive later on November 4, 2022, after being pushed back from its original June 2, 2022 release date. For more changes to the theatrical release calendar, take a look at our round-up of every film and show affected by COVID-19. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Michael Keaton's Batman is expected to make an appearance in The Flash movie but he has not been attached to any other DCEU projects at this time. The possibility of Keaton suiting up to play Batman again has been addressed after a recent New York Times profile sparked speculation that the actor will become the new Dark Knight of the DCEU after his prospective role in The Flash opposite Ezra Miller's Barry Allen. The reporter behind the piece has since clarified the paragraph about Keaton's potential involvement in future DC movies.

Been offline (moving apartments) and return to see this Michael Keaton craziness. I was referring to the *one film* that Keaton has been announced as being in, not a set of his own Batman films. If I had info on him beyond "The Flash," I would have obviously put it in my article

— Brooks Barnes (@brooksbarnesNYT) January 5, 2021

"I was referring to the *one film* that Keaton has been announced as being in, not a set of his own Batman films," Brooks Barnes explained on Twitter. "If I had info on him beyond The Flash, I would have obviously put it in my article." In the interview with DC Films president Walter Hamada, Barnes had described the DC multiverse as having "parallel worlds where different versions of the same character exist simultaneously." He then noted that Warner Bros. "will have two different film sagas involving Batman — played by two different actors — running at the same time." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/09/12/the-flash-movie-features-lots-of-superheroes-and-will-restart-the-dceu-dc-fandome"] With Robert Pattinson taking the title role in Matt Reeves' The Batman, speculation was rife over who might helm the secondary film saga. A Twitter user asked Barnes directly: "Some have interpreted that WB is doing 2 franchises starring Batman, one with Pattinson, one with a new actor. Is that correct, or you were referring to Keaton as a second Batman, being part of a non-Batman-centric saga?" In response to the question, Barnes simply replied: "Keaton." He then returned later with a further tweet to clarify that he was referencing Keaton's rumoured involvement in The Flash. Both Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton are reportedly reprising their respective Batman roles in The Flash, and it's believed that the movie will deal heavily with the concept of the DC multiverse. Director Andy Muschietti previously revealed that the movie will offer its own take on the iconic Flashpoint storyline, which inspired elements of The Flash TV series and 2013's Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=dc-extended-universe-every-upcoming-movie&captions=true"] Elsewhere, Reeves has been busy working on the next Batman solo film, which is said to start from scratch with a story set in the second year of the caped crusader's career. The movie is expected to form part of a trilogy, with the first installment starring Pattinson in the lead role alongside Jeffrey Wright's Commissioner Gordon, Zoë Kravitz' Catwoman, Paul Dano's Riddler, and Colin Farrell's Penguin. The Batman was originally scheduled for release on June 25, 2021, but will now debut on March 4, 2022, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Flash is scheduled to arrive later on November 4, 2022, after being pushed back from its original June 2, 2022 release date. For more changes to the theatrical release calendar, take a look at our round-up of every film and show affected by COVID-19. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Sony Japan has reportedly announced that it will end production of PS4 Pro, and will only continue to produce one model of the PS4. It's not clear at time of writing whether this policy extends to western markets. GameWatch reports that Sony has discontinued all models of PS4 Pro (CUH-7000), and all but one model of PS4 Slim (CUH-2000), with the original PS4 design (CUH-1000) already out of active production. The only PS4 that will remain in production is the 500GB Jet Black 'slim' design. The move has been taken so that Sony Interactive Entertainment can increase production of the PS5, which has seen major stock shortages since launch, not least in the US, where it had the biggest console launch month in the country's history. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/11/06/playstation-5-review"] So far, the move has only been announced in Japan, and it's unclear whether Sony's western arms will follow suit. IGN has reached out for comment, but received no response at time of publish. It wouldn't be a hugely surprising move - the PS4 Pro retails at the same $399 price point as the PS5 digital edition and, with Sony hoping to transition from last-gen to new-gen within 3 years, the company will be hoping to bolster the numbers of PS5 console owners as quickly as possible. Xbox made a similar move ahead of the release of Xbox Series X & S – the Xbox One X and Xbox Series S Digital Edition were both discontinued in July of 2020. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=all-2021-games-with-confirmed-release-dates&captions=true"] That doesn't mean PS4 owners will go without games, however. Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO, Jim Ryan has repeatedly said that it's "crucial" to continue serving the older console's huge playerbase until at least 2022. As part of that support, major PlayStation exclusives such as Horizon Forbidden West will continue to receive PS4 versions at release. If you were lucky enough to pick up a PS5 despite the shortages, we've got tips on the PS5 hidden features and settings, and a guide on how best to transfer data from your PS4 to your new console. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.