Minecraft Has Been Rated For Xbox Series X|S (Again)

Update: Don't get your hopes up

by Liam Doolan Tue 5th Sep 2023

Update: Microsoft has since responded to this to suggest that an upgrade isn't happening anytime soon.

Original story: Following an Xbox Series X|S rating for Minecraft in Germany at the end of August, the popular sandbox game has now been rated again this time by the ESRB in the US.

Unsurprisingly, this has once again reignited speculation about an update for the game, featuring all sorts of 'next-gen' enhancements. As for the Xbox rating in this location, it's 'E10+ for "everyone" 10 and up, and contains fantasy violence, along with user interaction and in-game purchases.

As previously documented, Mojang actually added a preview of ray tracing to Minecraft on Xbox consoles in March last year, but it was apparently a mistake. If we are getting a proper next-generation port or upgrade it seems like this could potentially be one of the enhancements.

Would you be up for a next-generation version of Minecraft? Any interest in ray tracing in a game like this? Tell us below.

[source videogameschronicle.com]

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EvenStephen7
Tue 5th Sep 2023

I mean, it’s kind of ridiculous that Microsoft’s most popular game (by a country mile) doesn't have a next gen version with the raytracing features of its PC brother.

It’s weirdly taken a long time to get here (and would have helped during Xbox’s infamous year-and-half dry spell) but surely this is it.

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themightyant
Tue 5th Sep 2023

RTX finally please! Though to be honest it would be interesting to see what other advantages they could eke out of the Series X e.g. greater draw distance, faster movement speed etc.

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Tonmoy
Tue 5th Sep 2023

Of all the Xbox studios I think Mojang is the least creative and probably the laziest and Xbox doesn't say anything because they print money with least amount of effort. An upgrade should have been made possible years ago as they haven't made anything in recent years. I think it's time Xbox put some pressure on them just like they did with 343.

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Tonmoy
Tue 5th Sep 2023

@BBB You got me wrong Dungeons and Legends are not done by Mojang rather outsourced. They do update nothing but Minecraft and all it's ports. But sadly the studio has become too complacent. Even Xbox knows it. But they know people are gonna play Minecraft even if they don't add any mob or biome in a year or so. That doesn't mean there isn't a growing unrest in the community. Many people are getting tired of it just like Bungie and their malpractices with D2. It's a sad story of this industry.

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Sol4ris
Tue 5th Sep 2023

My son loves Minecraft so if they make any visual improvements (see lighting) he'll be super chuffed 😀.

Edit: Hopefully any improvements will cover all platforms, over at Eurogamer folks are already conflating this with the ongoing ABK takeover 🤣🤦‍♂️.

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