Following the recent rumor, Mojang has officially announced that Minecraft will receive a native PlayStation 5 version. The developer has announced the launch of a preview for the native version. Players who own a PlayStation version on PlayStation 5 will be able to access and test this early version by navigating to “Settings” and then “Preview” within the game*. This preview includes “the new Tricky Trials Update, so you can venture into the trial chambers, meet a breeze, craft a mace, and more”. This preview version will not have access to the Minecraft Store. Additionally, multiplayer is only possible between other players on PlayStation consoles.
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We have some exciting news for our PlayStation®5 community! Today we’re launching the first preview of a native version of Minecraft for the Sony PlayStation®5 – and we need your help to test it!
If you own the PS4® version of Minecraft for your PS5®, you’ll be able to access and test this early version by navigating to “Settings” and then “Preview” within the game*. This preview includes the new Tricky Trials Update, so you can venture into the trial chambers, meet a breeze, craft a mace, and more – all while trying out a version of Minecraft that’s designed for your console! As this is a preview version, we’ll need your help in hunting bugs (and we’re not talking about the silverfish spawning from trial spawners), as well as gathering any feedback. You can find out more about how to submit this below!
*PS5 Preview will start to roll out at 9:30am Pacific Time / 18:30pm CET. Please note that it may take a few hours for you to see it enabled on your device.
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