Hope for Minecraft

[dleuen]

With MS buying Minecraft for $2.5 Billion, I am hoping one of the first things they do is release a version for the Surface. Would be great to enjoy the same kind of touch interface as iPad has on a Microsoft device. If anyone hears any rumors, etc. please post.

 

[jnjroach]

And port it off of JAVA FTW

 

[TunaSurface]

That somehow never crossed my mind. Minecraft on my surface pro would be amazing.
Include Mod support and I'm sold.

 

[Liam2349]

Minecraft is already available for Windows, but I'm sure they will release a touch friendly Windows store version.

Microsoft didn't just buy Minecraft for $2.5Billion, they bought Minecraft's publisher, Mojang.

 

[JakeyFlower]

Any new news about this

 

[TunaSurface]

http://www.engadget.com/2015/05/01/microsoft-bought-minecraft-because-its-perfect-for-hololens/

 

[dleuen]

Just to follow up on this there is now a Minecraft for Windows 10 available free for existing Minecraft owners. Run great on my SP3 and it is nice to have fully usable touch control on a Windows tablet.

https://mojang.com/2015/07/get-minecraft-windows-10-edition-beta-for-free/

 

[Cobalt Wraith]

My hope for the application is honestly that the app becomes the go to version for Minecraft. It will need some serious work before then, but the new cross-platform play is encouraging and the app seems to be getting updated faster than the Java version. If this is the version that is played on the HoloLense I think that will nail things down as far as a unified cross-platform app being Microsoft's vision for the games future.