Minecraft Legends is a 2023 real-time action-strategy video game developed by Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive published by Xbox Game Studios. Serving as a spin-off of the 2011 sandbox game Minecraft the title was released on the platform Windows as well as on consoles such as the Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on April 18 2023. The game would later cease development on January 10 2024. The goal of the game is to defend the Overworld from an invasion of piglins pig-like humanoid creatures from the Nether dimension while the player gradually strengthens their structures and troops with resources harvested. Since release the game has received a mixed array of reviews from critics notably regarding its gameplay.