when does cross play for minecraft come out
Minecraft Multiplayer in Minecraft is available through player-hosted and business-hosted servers and enables multiple players to interact and communicate with each other on a single world.[46] Players can run their own servers or use a hosting provider. Single-player worlds have local area network support, allowing players to join worlds on locally interconnected computers without a server setup.[47] Minecraft multiplayer servers are guided by server operators, who have access to server commands such as setting the time of day and teleporting players. Operators can also set up restrictions concerning which usernames or IP addresses are allowed to enter the server.[46] Multiplayer servers have a wide range of activities, with some servers having their own unique rules and customs. Player versus player (PvP) can also be enabled to allow fighting between players.[48] Many servers today have custom plugins that allow the player and the server actions that are not normally possible. In 2013, Mojang announced Minecraft Realms, a server hosting service intended to enable players to run server multiplayer games easily and safely without the hassle of setting up their own.[49] Unlike standard server, only invited players can join Realms servers, and servers do not use IP addresses. Realms server owners can invite up to twenty people to play on their realm, with up to ten players online at any one time, and the servers do not support user-made plugins. Players can also play custom Minecraft maps.[50] At Electronic Entertainment Expo 2016, it was announced that Realms would enable Minecraft to support cross-platform play between Windows 10, iOS, and Android versions starting in June 2016,[51] with Xbox One and Nintendo Switch support to come later in 2017,[52] and eventually support for virtual reality devices. On July 31, 2017, Microsoft released the beta version of the update allowing cross-platform play.[53]
Minecraft: Story Mode On August 3, 2017, Telltale announced that Episode 2, "Giant Consequences", was released on August 15.[25]
Minecraft In July 2010, PC Gamer listed Minecraft as the fourth-best game to play at work.[215] In December of that year, Good Game selected Minecraft as their choice for Best Downloadable Game of 2010,[216] Gamasutra named it the eighth best game of the year as well as the eighth best indie game of the year,[217][218] and Rock, Paper, Shotgun named it the "game of the year".[219] Indie DB awarded the game the 2010 Indie of the Year award as chosen by voters, in addition to two out of five Editor's Choice awards for Most Innovative and Best Singleplayer Indie.[220] It was also awarded Game of the Year by PC Gamer UK.[221] The game was nominated for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize, Technical Excellence, and Excellence in Design awards at the March 2011 Independent Games Festival and won the Grand Prize and the community-voted Audience Award.[222][223] At Game Developers Choice Awards 2011, Minecraft won awards in the categories for Best Debut Game, Best Downloadable Game and Innovation Award, winning every award for which it was nominated.[224][225] It also won GameCity's video game arts award.[226] On 5 May 2011, Minecraft was selected as one of the 80 games that would be displayed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of The Art of Video Games exhibit that opened on 16 March 2012.[227][228] At the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards, Minecraft won the award for Best Independent Game and was nominated in the Best PC Game category.[229][230] In 2012, at the British Academy Video Games Awards, Minecraft was nominated in the GAME Award of 2011 category and Persson received The Special Award.[231] In 2012, Minecraft XBLA was awarded a Golden Joystick Award in the Best Downloadable Game category,[232] and a TIGA Games Industry Award in the Best Arcade Game category.[233] In 2013 it was nominated as the family game of the year at the British Academy Video Games Awards.[234] Minecraft Console Edition won the award for TIGA Game Of The Year in 2014.[235] In 2015, the game placed 6th on USgamer's The 15 Best Games Since 2000 list.[236] In 2016, Minecraft placed 6th on Time's The 50 Best Video Games of All Time list.[237]
Minecraft: Story Mode A second five-episode season was released by Telltale in July 2017, continuing the story from the first season and influenced by players' choices made during that season.[15]