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It's strange to think of Minecraft's crude, blocky figures as something in need of high-end graphics, but the fall change will endow the game with high-resolution 4K graphics support so it'll look better playing on big-screen TVs, Microsoft said. Microsoft also detailed changes coming to Minecraft graphics this fall in another update. In the fall of 2017, Microsoft will begin selling an a downloadable Minecraft extra, the Super Duper Graphics Pack, with cloud shadows, hazy atmospheres and reflecting water. "We have no intention to push people one way or other," said Minecraft communications manager Aubrey Norris. Its Mojang studio continues to develop Minecraft Java Edition even as it brings its more advanced features to the Bedrock versions. Microsoft's desire for convergence has its limits, though. All the Bedrock versions now are simply being called "Minecraft," while the Java-based versions will be called Minecraft Java Edition.
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So, too, are the original versions for Mac and Windows, built with the Java programming language. The Xbox 360 and Wii U editions still remain separate for now. Any of the Bedrock versions can work together, said Jesse Merriam, Minecraft's executive producer. For example, siblings could play side-by-side in the same vi Xbox could play in the same world as. That convergence also means playing multiplayer games on a variety of hardware is easier - something called cross-play. That means anyone playing with those versions will have access to the same marketplace and server options as the other versions, and that any purchases made on one system will be available to you on the other - as long as you log in with an Xbox account. With the summer update, Minecraft for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch gaming consoles also will become bedrock versions.

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The company builds its "Bedrock" version of Minecraft for Windows 10 PCs, Apple TV, Oculus Rift and Gear VR headsets, and mobile devices powered by Apple's iOS and Google's Android.
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The changes come with the "Better Together" update to Minecraft, so named because Microsoft is bringing some relatively isolated versions of the game into the fold.

You can also play in a no-threat creative mode that lets you build everything from fanciful floating castles to working electronic devices powered by Minecraft's "redstone" circuitry. In the blocky virtual world of Minecraft, you survive by digging and harvesting raw materials, "crafting" those ingredients into tools, weapons, and more refined materials, then using all that to survive the nightly onslaught of bad guys called mobs. As with Microsoft's addition recently of Microsoft's marketplace to buy assets like character skins and downloadable minigames, though, Microsoft plans to expand beyond the limited number of launch-time partners, Orrson said.

If you want to make Minecraft a bigger part of your social life, good news: Microsoft is making it easier for players to join multiplayer worlds. The original story about the announcement, from June 11, is below. 20: Minecraft's "Better Together" update is now available.
