Editing Minecraft Dungeons (section)

== Development ==
The game was announced at [[MINECON Earth 2018]].<ref name = "IGNDungeons"/> It appears as a visually enhanced version of the base ''[[Minecraft]]'' game, but has a different gameplay style.<ref>[https://polygon.com/2018/9/29/17916066/minecraft-dungeons-mojang-minecon Mojang announces Minecraft: Dungeons] - Polygon, September 29, 2018</ref> The game is inspired by classic dungeon crawlers<ref name="Website"/> and, according to [[Marc Watson]], was originally "made up of the remnants of the [[:en:Mojang_Studios#Caller's_Bane|Scrolls]] team".<ref name=":0" /> On September 17, 2019,  [[Double Eleven]] announced that they are assisting Mojang Studios and Xbox Game Studios with development, particularly with multiplayer and the console versions.<ref>{{link|url=https://double11.com/2019/09/17/announcement-minecraft-dungeons|website=Double11.com|title=Announcement: Minecraft Dungeons|date=September 17, 2019}}</ref>

''Minecraft Dungeons'' was given an April 2020 release date in November 2019,<ref>{{link|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=AWNM93KyvOM|title=Minecraft Dungeons live demo! Release month! Cows!}}</ref> though this date was delayed to May 26, 2020, due to the outbreak of COVID-19.<ref name=delayed>{{Mcnet|minecraft-dungeons-launching-may-26|Minecraft Dungeons launching May 26}}</ref>
The closed beta for the game ran from March 25 to April 24, 2020.<ref>{{cite|url=https://help.minecraft.net/hc/articles/360041345271|title=Minecraft Dungeons FAQ|website=Minecraft Help|quote=The closed beta will run from March 25 to April 24 at 11am CEST (2am PDT).}}</ref><ref>{{tweet|MattGartzke|1253811607173394432|A big thanks to everyone who participated in the Minecraft Dungeons closed beta! We'll be closing the feedback and bug categories for now but we'll see you again come May 26th!|24 Apr 2020}}</ref>