Nothing virtual world or VR-related announced at E3 this year has exactly excited me just yet, except for the news that Minecraft is going cross-platform:
A game all about teamwork, building together and creating communities shouldn't be restricted to one device, which is why our Better Together Update introduces cross-platform play, breaking down the barriers and letting people play the same complete Minecraft with each other across devices! We've wanted to integrate cross-platform for ages, essentially making a version of Minecraft that's consistent no matter what device you're choosing to play on. So going forward, the edition you'll find on Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, mobile and VR will simply be known as 'Minecraft', a separate entity from 'Minecraft: Java Edition', which is the original PC game (that we'll continue to support, of course). This means when you buy 'Minecraft', you're buying a game that can you can play with friends across devices.
Assuming this scales, it's a pretty great step forward. Would love to see Minecraft expand its user concurrency numbers per server too, but can't have everything as once.
Maybe more SLers will now set up shop on Minecraft live the Guvnah once did.
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