It'll also let Pocket Edition players connect (via an update to Pocket Edition that'll come at a later date) and. I like my Minecraft on full-fledged computers and slightly less-fledged consoles, so that bit is sort of lost on me, but it'll contain some form of Xbox Live support, letting up to eight players get together and play that way.

It'll see some other differences, some of which are described by the company as coming from the Pocket Edition versions of the game. Presumably this is the version I was playing when I played Minecraft on a HoloLens back at E3, though there's no mention of that functionality in this announcement.

During the beta period, Microsoft will be selling the Win 10 release for $10 in the Windows Store. Actually, the most important bit is that anyone who previous purchased the existing PC version of Minecraft will get this version for free. The most important bit is that it's launching in beta on July 29, the same day Windows 10 releases.

But, in conjunction with Minecon (which is happening in London right now), the Microsoft-owned Mojang put out details on ' Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition.' You'd think that Microsoft's fancy new Windows would be capable of better graphics. Given Microsoft's history of tying random game compatibility to the launch of new versions of Windows, I suppose someone should have seen this coming.

Windows 10 edition beta