How to Get Minecraft on Windows 10

Now that Windows ten has striking the market, it should hopefully bring the opportunities for some new games with it, and the Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta is one of the starting time. This beta edition of the dear game is optimized for Microsoft'south latest Os, and you can go it for free if you've already bought Minecraft for PC or Mac.

Mojang, the Stockholm-based developer backside Minecraft, shared a blog post with information about how to try out the Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta. The process is short and simple, though you lot may have to wait a chip for your turn to upgrade.

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Once you have Windows x installed, visit Mojang'south website and log into your business relationship. On your profile page, you'll run across a button that says "Redeem." Click on that button, and you'll be prompted to enter your Microsoft account username and password. This will lead to a series of instructions to permit yous download the beta client and start playing.

There'south only 1 potential hitch; Because there are xx million Minecraft players with the PC/Mac version of the game, Mojang is letting them upgrade on a rolling ground. If you don't run into a "Redeem" button on your page, one volition eventually come, simply you may have to requite it a few hours (or days), depending on Mojang's algorithms.

For those who don't already own Minecraft on PC or Mac, the Windows 10 Edition Beta is available on the Windows Shop for $10.

If you upgrade to Windows x but would adopt not to become a beta tester, keep in mind that that'southward OK as well. The electric current version of Minecraft should work simply as well on Windows 10 as information technology does on Windows vii and 8. The Windows x version sports some new features, such as multiple command schemes and GameDVR gameplay recording, only yous tin can still build structures and fight blocky foes just the same if you opt not to upgrade.

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Marshall Honorof is a senior editor for Tom's Guide, overseeing the site's coverage of gaming hardware and software. He comes from a science writing background, having studied paleomammalogy, biological anthropology, and the history of scientific discipline and technology. After hours, you lot tin find him practicing taekwondo or doing deep dives on archetype sci-fi.