While the former is the original build, the latter was introduced in 2017 a few years after Microsoft purchased the game from Mojang and was actually based off the mobile Pocket Edition of the game. Minecraft Java Edition and Bedrock Edition are essentially two versions of the same game. RELATED: Minecraft Player Builds Courage the Cowardly Dog’s House For those who already own one build or the other, the post goes on to say that they will be offered the other version for free.

Conveniently called 'Minecraft: Java and Bedrock Edition for PC,' it will ultimately become the 'only offering' of the vanilla version of the game for PC. As of tomorrow, it seems, both the Java and Bedrock editions of the game will be pairing up, bringing the two together under one purchase. That's according to a recent post on the Minecraft website, as spotted by PCGamesN. Some of this success could stem from the fact that there are so many ports of the game, as well as two official builds that each have their own merits, and it looks as though both these versions are coming together as one.

As one of the highest grossing video games of all time, selling hundreds of millions of copies to date, it has become a global sensation and is enjoyed by so many people, despite being well over a decade old at this point. To say that Minecraft has become a successful IP would be to undersell that idea somewhat.

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