Minecraft Bedrock Realms users report widespread loading and connection issues: What we know so far
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Key Points:
- Minecraft Bedrock Realms experienced a major service disruption on Saturday, preventing thousands of players from accessing their worlds for several hours due to server connectivity issues.
- Outage reports began around 12 pm EDT and peaked with over 4,000 complaints on DownDetector, with 93% related to server connection failures primarily affecting Bedrock Edition players using Realms.
- The disruption impacted multiple major US cities including Los Angeles, Houston, Tampa, Chicago, and Minneapolis, though neither Mojang nor Microsoft have provided an official explanation or duration of the outage.
- Minecraft Bedrock Realms enables cross-platform, always-online multiplayer worlds, making such outages particularly disruptive for players relying on cooperative gameplay.
- Minecraft, developed by Mojang Studios
