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Minecraft Legends confirmed release times for all regions

Hoping to jump into the latest Minecraft spin-off as soon as possible? Here’s when you’ll be able to access the game.

Promotional image showing characters from Minecraft Legends.
Image credit: Minecraft Twitter
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Minecraft Legends is out this week, and we've got details on the exact time the new spin-off game launches in regions around the world.

Minecraft Legends is a real-time strategy game where players build an army to protect the Overworld. It has a confirmed release date of Tuesday, 18 April 2023 and will be available to play on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Minecraft Legends will also be available Day One on Xbox Game Pass.

In the run-up to the game's launch the Minecraft Legends release time has been confirmed by the game's official Twitter account, who helpfully revealed the exact times the game drops for different regions.

Minecraft Legends confirmed release times

Can't wait for the Minecraft Legends launch? Here are the exact release times for different regions:

  • Seattle - 9am PDT
  • New York - 12pm EDT
  • Sao Paulo - 1pm BRT
  • London - 5pm BST
  • Stockholm - 6pm CEST
  • New Delhi - 9:30pm IST
  • Tokyo - 1am JST (April 19)
  • Sydney - 3am AEDT (April 19)
Image showing a map of the world and the confirmed times that Minecraft Legends is releasing in those regions.
Image credit: Minecraft Twitter

All of the above release times are on April 18, 2023, unless stated otherwise.

For anyone clock watching till the Minecraft Legends launch just beware the above release times are estimates. The game may take longer to be available in some areas.

As with other games published by Xbox Game Studios, Minecraft Legends will also be available to play for free at launch via Xbox Game Pass. And who knows, maybe it’ll join our roster of the best games available on Game Pass? Time will only tell; are you, or someone you know, looking forward to this action-strategy Minecraft spin-off?

If you want some pro tips on how to get started in Minecraft Legends be sure to tune in to a special Twitch stream this week. On Friday, 21 April 2023 the official Minecraft Twitch channel will be holding a PvP stream to celebrate the game's launch.

Eight content creators will take part in a special match of Minecraft Legends with Craigh Leigh, Principal Design Director for Minecraft Legends, and Martin Garcia from Xbox Content Marketing, on commentating duties.

Tips and tricks on how to play Minecraft Legends will be revealed during the stream and there will also be prizes to be won, including free copies of the game.

The Minecraft Legends Twitch stream kicks off at 10am PDT, 1pm EDT, 6pm BST and 7pm CEST. It will run for two hours and the content creators taking part are teonawrites, PotatoPie25, Phineapoo (Thephamilyyt), cosevie, jojosolos, ChicaDeAwesome, Prowl8413, Kendrisite.

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