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Title: Minecraft ended virtual reality support today

Date: Tue, 06 May 2025 22:46:49 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/minecraft-end...

Minecraft is no longer (officially) available on virtual and mixed reality
platforms. The change was confirmed in today's patch notes for the game's
Bedrock edition following an announcement from developer Mojang in October.
Those fall patch notes suggested that the platforms would be removed in
March, so players who favored VR wound up getting a few extra weeks to fully
immerse themselves in their blocky worlds.

Removing entire platforms isn't a choice game devs make lightly. Especially
when Minecraft's player base still numbers in the hundreds of millions at any
given time, it seems unlikely that Mojang would take away virtual and mixed
reality unless it wouldn't cause a serious disruption for its many fans.
There are still plenty of critically received games that make VR ownership
worthwhile (Beat Saber, anyone?), but a title as major as Minecraft
abandoning the hardware isn't a great look.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/minecraft-end...
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