Minecraft FINALLY gets 4K support on Xbox

Despite being by far the best-selling game of all time with more than 300 million copies sold, Minecraft on consoles has fallen far behind when it comes to receiving any tech upgrades – so much so that on the latest and greatest Series X, the game was still limited to just 1080p. After years of waiting, current-gen Xbox players can finally play Minecraft in 4K.

As reported by Windows Central, the latest build of Minecraft (Preview. 1.20.60.23) has added a small yet very significant upgrade for Xbox Series X and S users – with both consoles now able to run the game at a full 2160p.

For the uninitiated, prior to this latest update, the game ran at just 1080p on the Xbox Series X due to the fact that the Minecraft was never enhanced for the now-last-gen Xbox One X.

Additionally, the previously-announced ‘Super Duper Graphics Pack’ never came to fruition – nor did the advertised ray tracing mode – though it appears as though these have yet to be introduced.

Still, even though a mere resolution bump might not seem like much, for a voxel-based game like Minecraft it can be quite transformative, hopefully the PS5 version gets upgraded sooner rather than later – and that the ray-tracing patch is also on its way.

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