Minecraft
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Minecraft

81
Critic Rating
#Simulator

About

Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically-generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining for ore, fighting hostile mobs, and crafting new blocks and tools by gathering various resources found in the game. The game's open-ended model allows players to create structures, creations, and artwork on various multiplayer servers or their single-player maps. Other features include redstone circuits for logic computations and remote actions, minecarts and tracks, and a mysterious underworld called the Nether. A designated but completely optional goal of the game is to travel to a dimension called the End, and defeat the ender dragon.

Storyline

Bedrock Edition (also known as the Bedrock Version or just Bedrock) refers to the multi-platform family of editions of Minecraft developed by Mojang Studios, Xbox Game Studios, 4J Studios, and SkyBox Labs. Prior to this term, as the engine originated with Pocket Edition, this entire product family was referred to as "Pocket Edition", "MCPE", or "Pocket/Windows 10 Edition". All Bedrock editions of Minecraft use the title Minecraft with no subtitle. The current version of Bedrock editions is 1.16.0. Before the Better Together Update, they had different subtitles on each platform, including Pocket Edition (for all mobile platforms), Windows 10 Edition, Gear VR Edition, and Fire TV Edition. Xbox One Edition, Nintendo Switch Edition, and PlayStation 4 Edition were originally part of Legacy Console Edition before the Better Together Update, and their features had to be ported to Bedrock Edition. Apple TV Edition was discontinued shortly afterwards, thus it was no longer updated and removed from the App Store on Apple TV devices. Although all Bedrock versions are nearly identical, the price varies depending on the platform. Approximate prices are listed in USD; Mobile versions cost US$6.99 (€7.99, £6.99, AU$10.99). PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Fire TV cost US$19.99 (€19.99, £16.74, AU$29.95). The Windows 10 and Nintendo Switch versions are the most expensive, costing US$29.99 (€19.99, £16.74, AU$39.95). The Windows 10 version is sold in a Starter Collection or Master Collection, the latter costing US$49.99 (€49.99, £39.99, AU$69.95) and including more DLC and Minecoins.[33] DLC purchased from the Marketplace on one platform is usable on all other platforms, but the game itself is sold separately on each platform. Despite all being UWP apps, Minecraft is sold as 3 separate apps at different prices on Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, and Xbox One. (This means that Xbox Live achievements are not shared between these platforms and buying the game on one of these platforms does not get the game on the others. There are sets of achievements for each platform). The Xbox One version is also playable to Xbox Game Pass subscribers. As with Java Edition, updates are free of charge.

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Multiplayer

Online Co-opYes
Local Co-opYes
Campaign Co-opYes
Split ScreenLocal

Languages

LanguageSupport
ItalianInterface
Chinese (Simplified)Interface
DutchInterface
EnglishInterface
FrenchInterface
JapaneseInterface
KoreanInterface
Portuguese (Portugal)Interface
RussianInterface
Spanish (Spain)Interface
GermanInterface
CzechInterface
Portuguese (Brazil)Interface
Spanish (Mexico)Interface
FinnishInterface
HungarianInterface
NorwegianInterface
PolishInterface
DanishInterface
English (UK)Interface
Chinese (Traditional)Interface
TurkishInterface
SwedishInterface
UkrainianInterface

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Game Info

Release Date12/19/2016
DeveloperMojang Studios
PublisherMojang Studios
PlatformsAmazon Fire TV, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Gear VR, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
GenresSimulator, Adventure, Arcade
IGDB Rating81/100 (479)

Game Modes

Single player
Multiplayer
Co-operative
Split screen
Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Themes

Action
Fantasy
Survival
Sandbox
Kids
Open world
4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

Perspectives

First person
Third person
Virtual Reality

Release Dates

PlayStation 5Jun 20, 2024
iOSDec 19, 2016
Amazon Fire TVSep 20, 2017
PC (Microsoft Windows)Sep 20, 2017
Nintendo SwitchJun 21, 2018
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