Minecraft Dungeons finally gets its cross-play update, arrives November 17

One of the biggest benefits of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition is its cross-play feature, which lets you play with your friends no matter what platform you’re playing on, whether it’s Xbox, PS4, Windows, or even a device. mobile. When Minecraft Dungeons was revealed to follow in the same vein as its mainstream sibling in being cross-platform, the lack of cross-play at launch was a notable weakness of the game. We learned at Minecraft Live that cross-play was finally going to happen at a point in November, and we now have an exact release date: November 17, 2020.

If you have been waiting to play Minecraft Dungeons with your friends, but you are on different platforms, this will not be a hindrance for a long time. Once the cross-play update drops on November 17, Minecraft Dungeons players on Windows, Xbox, PS4, and Switch will all be able to play together (and mobile too, if you count Xbox Cloud Gaming (Project xCloud)). The update will be free for all players and may contain other general bug fixes and improvements, as well as adding cross-play support. The game will likely follow Minecraft using your Microsoft account for cross-play, but details are not yet known.

If you’re looking for new content to play in Minecraft Dungeons, we already know what the game’s next expansion will be. The Howling Peaks DLC isn’t here yet, and we don’t have an exact release date, but you should check it out. expect it in December, about a month after crossplay dropped. Howling Peaks looks like a great addition to Minecraft Dungeons, following on from the awesome Halloween-themed endgame update that added a ton of new difficulty levels and challenge to the game for free.

Minecraft Dungeons is our top pick for the best game to play on Android with Xbox Cloud Gaming due to its awesome touch controls, so be sure to check this out if you’re interested in playing full-fledged console-quality games on your mobile device.