Operation: Nightfall 1 - Serenity

A/N: This is a continuation of the Lights Out story arc. If you haven't read that already, I'd highly suggest you do as otherwise many parts of this story won't make sense.

'''Collab between Eternulli and Phoenix. Please do not edit unless there is something serious that needs to be changed.'''

October 11, 2020, The Morning Herald

Losing The Battle: Minecraft Due To Shutdown

The popular indie sandbox game Minecraft, originally created by Markus Persson has today finally lost its eight month battle against the various lawsuits filed against it after the disastrous event that occurred on May 10, 2018. The Overwrite Incident as it is formally called saw to the loss of over a billion lives in one night when an unknown event caused leakage of the game content into the world, including the various hostile enemies that caused widespread panic. The disaster lasted for the duration of one night and a day, afterwards which the world subsequently returned to normal due to unknown circumstances. The UN estimates over $50 trillion lost in destruction of buildings, roads and cities, and the many lives lost during the disaster cannot be replaced.

Since then, the world has managed to rebuild back to its former state, however, people have begun to turn towards the game they believe was responsible for the destruction. Yesterday at 4pm the Mojang company finally lost, and the game is due to be shutdown and be removed within the next few weeks. Although Mojang will continue to create other games and players who already have a copy of Minecraft can continue to play, updated will no longer be made to the game and the game can no longer be bought. The shutdown also sees to the removal of the many multiplayer servers the game had to offer, including the Guinness World Record setting Hypixel.

Although this is very saddening for many of the veteran players who have been present since the game's launch, many have predicted this outcome and have prepared for this day. We wish Persson and Mojang good luck in their future endeavours. It is safe to say we won't be forgetting the sandbox game that created our childhoods for a very long time.

'One year later. October 13, 2021.'