Upon attempting to join any world or generating a new world, the game gets stuck looping trough tips without progressing any further. It eventually times out stating the following.

"Unable to connect to the world. Please check your connection to the internet and try again."

I am indeed connected to the internet without any issues. The game was able to load my user profile (including skins, owned marketplace content etc.) but is unable to join a local world. It currently affects all my devices and I therefore cannot play this edition of the game.

I tried everything I could think of. Clearing cache, resetting the game, reinstalling the game, even restarting my tablet, and had the exact same behaviour occur on a clean installation of the game. At this point I am desperate.