Players of the Switch version of Minecraft are experiencing problems loading the game after its latest update.
A new patch was released for the game earlier this week, bringing it up to Version 1.19.70 and adding improvements to the emote system as well as other tweaks and bug fixes.
However, as reported byNintendo Life,Switchowners are complaining that they’re no longer able to play the game after downloading the update.
Specifically, players appear to be getting stuck on the game’s loading screen, which gets as far as 66% then stays there permanently.
The issue was raised asa bug on Mojang’s support pageand was initially closed by the studio, which believed it to have been resolved.
After players continued to raise the issue, however, the studio reopened the issue, saying: ” Sorry for any confusion, we are looking into this! Thank you for your patience.”
The studio then tweeted: “We are aware that the 1.19.70 update is causing some performance issues for players on Switch. We are actively looking into solutions and hope to have the issues addressed as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience and we apologise for the issues caused.”
We are aware that the 1.19.60 update is causing some performance issues for players on Switch. We are actively looking into solutions and hope to have the issues addressed as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience and we apologize for the issues caused. jhp
Some players have reported that the issue can be resolved, albeit partially, by closing the game, putting the Switch in airplane mode, restarting the console and booting the game again in airplane mode.NintendoLife claims this method worked for it, but others say it hasn’t resolved the problem.
4J Studios, the Scottish developer best known for the Nintendo,PlayStationandXboxversions ofMinecraft, announced in October thatit will be moving into publishingand focusing on releasing games made by other Scottish developers.
The studio’s first published game, Skye Tales by Dundee-based studio Puny Astronaut, will be released later this year.
