Minecraft Unified Launcher is now available, offers access to Minecraft and Minecraft Dungeons on PC
No longer will players need two separate launchers to play.
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Minecraft Dungeonsis available on PC alongside other platforms like Xbox, PS4, Switch, andXbox Cloud Gaming (Project xCloud), and can be accessed through eitherXbox Game Passfor PC or its own dedicated launcher. As of today, the latter is no longer an option, as theMinecraft: Java Edition and Minecraft Dungeons launchers are being unified. TheMinecraftUnified Launcher is a free update that is finishing its rollout to all players today, and allows players to access both Minecraft: Java Edition and Minecraft Dungeons from the same place, with both Mojang and Microsoft Accounts.
Listen up Windows players! From today, we’ve switched to our unified launcher so you can fire up Dungeons and Minecraft: Java Edition from the same place – handy, right?Check out our FAQs for full details to guide you through the upgrade process:↣https://t.co/StslMNCOvU↢pic.twitter.com/e0pMZQBIy8Listen up Windows players! From today, we’ve switched to our unified launcher so you can fire up Dungeons and Minecraft: Java Edition from the same place – handy, right?Check out our FAQs for full details to guide you through the upgrade process:↣https://t.co/StslMNCOvU↢pic.twitter.com/e0pMZQBIy8— Minecraft Dungeons (@dungeonsgame)January 18, 2021January 18, 2021
This change has been available to many people for some time now, but today marks the end of the old Minecraft Dungeons launcher. Starting today, players will no longer be able to play Minecraft Dungeons through the old standalone launcher, and will instead need to use the freshly updated Minecraft Unified Launcher. If you’re concerned about other changes being made here, this is what you need to know:
All-in-all, this really doesn’t change much for players. That being said, it’s still nice to reduce how many launchers are necessary to play our games, and this does continue Mojang Studios' steady effort to merge with all of Microsoft’s services and accounts.
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