{"id":20255,"date":"2018-05-10T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/minecrafts_platform-unifying_bedrock_edition_arrives_on_switch_this_june"},"modified":"2018-05-10T21:50:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T21:50:00","slug":"minecrafts-platform-unifying-bedrock-edition-arrives-on-switch-this-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/10\/minecrafts-platform-unifying-bedrock-edition-arrives-on-switch-this-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft&#8217;s Platform-Unifying Bedrock Edition Arrives On Switch This June"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/minecrafts_platform-unifying_bedrock_edition_arrives_on_switch_this_june\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/minecrafts_platform-unifying_bedrock_edition_arrives_on_switch_this_june\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"news4.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/minecrafts_platform-unifying_bedrock_edition_arrives_on_switch_this_june\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/minecrafts_platform-unifying_bedrock_edition_arrives_on_switch_this_june\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"news4.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Things are a-changing in the world of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/minecraft_nintendo_switch_edition\">Minecraft<\/a><\/strong>, and that includes one of the biggest updates the block-building phenomenon has ever seen &#8211; the <strong>Bedrock Edition<\/strong>. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/02\/the_platform-unifying_minecraft_bedrock_edition_looks_like_a_chip_off_the_old_block\">new update will unify Xbox, PC and Pocket Editions into one shared platform<\/a>, and it&#8217;s going live next month.<\/p>\n<p>This new version game contains all previously released content, including the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack exclusive to Nintendo systems and all DLC, and will support the Nintendo Switch Online paid membership when it launches in September.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a new in-game store in this version of Minecraft called the Minecraft Marketplace that&#8217;ll let you obtain community-created content such as skins, worlds and textures for their Minecraft world using a new currency known as MINECOINS. You&#8217;ll also gain access to new mini-games and game modes through online community-run servers.<\/p>\n<p>If you already own the Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition game will be able to download this definitive version free of charge so you can easily upgrade and enjoy all the added features. Mojang is even launching a new physical edition in June to celebrate the launch of the new and improved blocky experience.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you a big Minecraft player on Switch? Will a platform-unified version be enough to bring you back into the fold? Share your thoughts below&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things are a-changing in the world of Minecraft, and that includes one of the biggest updates the block-building phenomenon has ever seen &#8211; the Bedrock Edition. The new update will unify Xbox, PC and Pocket Editions into one shared platform, and it&#8217;s going live next month. This new version game contains all previously released content, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20255\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}