Will be available on July 29
When Microsoft acquired Minecraft developer Mojang for $2.5 billion last year, it came as a bolt from the blue. Further, it wasn’t immediately clear what Microsoft hoped to accomplish from the deal. But the whole picture is gradually becoming clearer, and it now seems one of the key motivations may have been to get Windows 10 a killer launch app.
Mojang has announced a new version of its chart-busting game specifically for the upcoming operating system. Called the Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition, this dedicated version will be available for download in beta form from the Windows Store come July 29, 2015.
The new app will be free for anyone who already owns the existing, Java-based PC version of Minecraft, Mojang announced over the weekend at its Minecon conference. And while all others will have to pay for it, the company will only be charging $10 during the beta period.
This will be the first time that Minecraft is available from the Windows Store, something Microsoft has always been keen on. As some of you may recall, the tech giant had approached Mojang for the same as far back as 2012 but the latter refused to play ball saying Microsoft was “trying to ruin the PC as an open platform.”
“Minecraft is available on Windows, Mac, Windows Phone, iOS, Android, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4 and PS Vita, and now, Windows 10. Not every version of Minecraft is exactly the same, but they all feature two distinct game modes – Creative and Survival – that cater to different types of players,” the Stockholm-based developer studio said in a blog post Friday. “You’ll recognize some Pocket Edition features in Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta, along with potpourri of cool extras.”
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