
Following its success over the Atlantic in Dallas, the world’s first immersive Minecraft experience is set to come to Canada Water’s newest exhibition venue, Corner Corner, this spring. Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue is the first time the popular game is the first time the popular game will go on tour in the physical world, putting fans and families to the test in London. The experience will open right on time for the much-anticipated Minecraft movie release too – April 4 – meaning a very blocky spring and summer ahead.
What can you expect at Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue in London?
The ultimate aim of the game at Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue is to save Minecraft villagers who have been turned into zombies; it’s your job to collect the resources for the potion to save them. The experience will see you showcase those Minecrafting skills honed in the video game in real life, like chopping down trees, collecting resources, and fighting mobs – but not as you might expect. The state-of-the-art technology – referred to as your Orb of Interaction – melds your IRL actions with the Minecraft world projected on the floors and walls in the venue, and it’s totally intuitive: so if you make a chopping movement with your arms, down come the trees.
The projections span seven vibrant rooms where you can gather resources in your quest to save the village, encountering cave spiders, creepers, and skeletons along the way. You’ll move through the Biomes, and even need to build your escape route out of the portal! The experience is essentially an interactive scavenger hunt that is sure to delight all ages, whether you’re new to the world of Minecraft or a keen fan.
This family-friendly experience in London spans 45 minutes in total, and will conclude at the Trading post, where visitors can buy merch as a memento of their adventure, and hang out with their fellow adventurers. It’ll be the first time this experience has come to the UK, so be sure to be one of the first to secure your tickets – you can sign up to the waitlist here for exclusive access to the pre-sale.
Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue - Waitlist