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Title: Minecraft Enters Real World With $110 Million Global Theme Park Deal
Link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/24/11/19/184...
An anonymous reader shares a report: The global gaming phenomenon Minecraft
is coming to the real world for the first time in a global deal to open
themed rides, attractions, hotel rooms and retail outlets, starting with the
UK and US. Minecraft has struck a deal with UK-headquartered Merlin
Entertainments -- Europe's largest theme park operator and the second biggest
globally after Disney -- which runs more than 135 attractions in 23 countries
including Alton Towers, Legoland, Sea Life, Madame Tussauds and the London
Eye. Under the terms of the deal, Merlin will invest more than $110 million
in the first two attractions. They are due to open in the UK and the US in
2026 and 2027, in either an existing theme park or as new city centre
attractions. Over the longer term the two companies plan to expand the
strategic partnership, which is called "Adventures Made Real," to other
countries and territories. Minecraft is the bestselling video game of all
time, with 140 million players each month, in territories as disparate as
Antarctica and Vatican City, and there are more than 1.3 trillion videos
posted by game players on YouTube.
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