Mojang Studios celebrates its successes as Minecraft Dungeons finally hits Steam

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Minecraft Dungeons has enjoyed a long and prosperous journey since its initial release almost a yr and a one-half ago, and now information technology's about to embark on the next chapter of its adventure. Today, Minecraft Dungeons Ultimate Edition becomes available to an all-new pool of players on Steam that have mayhap not experienced what this unique action-RPG has to offer. This is the perfect debut for Mojang Studios' newest projection on Steam since it includes the base of operations game and all previously released DLC.

To marker the occasion, I got to speak with Executive Producer David Nisshagen and Game Director Måns Olson. We discussed how Minecraft Dungeons had reached this point, what information technology took to release the game on Steam, and a tiny hint for what'south to come up for the game.

Minecraft Dungeons has come so far

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With the release of the Echoing Void DLC, Minecraft Dungeons officially concluded the story that followed the Curvation-Illager and the Orb of Authority. When Minecraft Dungeons initially released, the general consensus was that it had a wonderful foundation, but was a little light on content (most notably in the endgame). Mojang Studios isn't known for leaving a game alone, however, and released a multitude of updates and paid DLC expansions for its title in the months following launch, including over a dozen updates, featuring six premium expansions, which means Minecraft Dungeons is a significantly larger game than it was at launch. I've already explored in-depth why I believe Minecraft is the greatest game ever made, and Minecraft Dungeons was certainly a function of that discussion, especially when it comes to Xbox games.

"Nosotros had a lot of plans for things that nosotros'd like to get out... specially bringing more than content to players," said Olson. "And so with all the DLCs, we've released costless content that we think does a good job of complementing the base game experience."

Devotion to Minecraft Dungeons has led to over ten million unique players.

It wasn't all set in stone from the offset, nonetheless, with Nisshagen calculation, "Many of these things from our perspective I won't say were experimental, but they were things that we liked to endeavor. We don't accept whatever principal plan. We're trying things that we retrieve are fun and cool. And it also seems to be quite appreciated past the players, right? So having that sort of lightweight approach, trying things, has been a really lovely journey."

Many community-requested features and changes, like cross-play and cantankerous-salve support, were added to Minecraft Dungeons afterward release. At that place were also meaningful content additions to Minecraft Dungeons' endgame, like the exciting Ancient Hunts, make-new cloak-and-dagger levels, new gear and enchantments, and much more. These were all released for free, while new story content was explored in larger paid expansions.

This devotion to the game has led to Minecraft Dungeons accumulating over 10 million unique players on all of its platforms. Olson and Nisshagen confirmed that the number of players is indeed higher now, but they elected non to reveal the exact number.

With Minecraft Dungeons' terminal DLC last its current story, still, and the Ultimate Edition bundling all Minecraft Dungeons content into i comprehensive packet, many players are left wondering what's coming adjacent. When I asked about exactly this, Olson said, "We aren't gear up to talk about all of our time to come plans. As you might accept guessed, at that place'southward more than forthcoming in the not-also-distant futurity. We definitely want to continue updating the game, and we're not washed with Minecraft Dungeons in whatever fashion. Nosotros are done with the story of the Arch-Illager and the DLCs that relate to that, only we have exciting plans, I think, for what'south coming next."

A whole new pool of players

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"Steam is a very interesting platform in that it'due south a very big one," Nisshagen said. "Information technology's especially large in Sweden, or in Scandanavia, then it's well-nigh seen as a piddling fleck of the natural state. A game should be on Steam, and so nosotros're super happy to be able to bring Dungeons there."

Minecraft Dungeons, of class, was already available on PC through the Microsoft Store and Mojang Studios' ain launcher, which tin also be used to play Minecraft: Java Edition. Withal, a huge number of PC gamers practically play exclusively through Steam, which is by far the largest singular platform for purchasing and playing PC games in many parts of the world. Minecraft Dungeons is the latest Microsoft game to get in on Steam, alongside titles like Halo: The Master Master Collection, pregnant the game is near to be exposed to a make-new pool of potential players.

I asked Nisshagen and Olson nigh their experience with porting Minecraft Dungeons to Steam, and fortunately, information technology seemed similar a relatively painless process. Between Minecraft Dungeons already being available through Mojang'south PC launcher (which apparently shares many similarities with Steam), Steam'south support, and Mojang's own experience with supporting games on multiple platforms, bringing Minecraft Dungeons to Steam was straightforward. I matter that was important to Mojang, however, was ensuring the experience on Steam matched the feel everywhere else.

Minecraft Dungeons offers the exact same feel for anybody

"If nosotros are on a platform, we desire it to be treated similar every other platform — nosotros want full parity," Nisshagen said. "At that place shouldn't be anyone having a better or worse feel because you cull to play the game on a platform that you accept or similar. And, to some extent, it causes a little bit of a headache for u.s.. We could have done things more automatically with the cantankerous-platform progression if we leaned into some platforms and away from others. It'southward a fleck more than manual now... just we accept full parity, and we treat every platform just the aforementioned. We call up that'due south the way it should be."

This means Minecraft Dungeons on Steam still fully supports cross-play and cross-save, and histrion-centric features similar players beingness able to play with friends that ain DLC expansions, fifty-fifty when they don't. Other than being through the Steam platform, Minecraft Dungeons offers practically the verbal same experience for everyone, and that'south great to meet.

Minecraft Dungeons is available correct at present through Steam, joining Minecraft Dungeons on Xbox, PC, PlayStation, and Switch platforms. Minecraft Dungeons is also available through Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Cloud Gaming. When y'all pick up Minecraft Dungeons on Steam, you'll be getting the Ultimate Edition, and then you don't have to worry about missing out on anything.

The consummate package

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Minecraft Dungeons Ultimate Edition

The Ultimate drove for Minecraft Dungeons

Minecraft Dungeons has evolved past leaps and premises since its initial launch, and now Mojang Studios is giving players a way to access absolutely everything the game has to offering in one slick bundle. Minecraft Dungeons Ultimate Edition includes the base of operations game and all previously released DLC, and information technology too marks Minecraft Dungeons' debut on Steam.

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