A Microsoft account will be required to play Minecraft in 2021, Mojang Studios announced yesterday. Owners of the older Java Edition of the game will have to sign up with Microsoft in order to ...

"Minecraft" offers cross-platform play for both versions of the game — Bedrock and Java — but you can only play with users who own the same version.

The transition will occur in 2021, though players signing up for the Java version of Microsoft will be required to enroll a Microsoft account beginning this fall.

Mojang Studios has announced that starting in early 2021, exisiting ‘Minecraft’ Java Edition players will have to create a Microsoft account.

Mojang Studios have announced the Minecraft PC Bundle, a package deal that will give Xbox Game Pass for PC users access to both the Java Edition and the Bedrock Edition of Minecraft.