It's Minecraft Live time, and developer Mojang has announced the latest content coming to the perennially popular block builder: including, in the year of our lord 2025, fancy new shaders.
One topic raised was the game's business model. There are various deluxe editions, but the standard version of Minecraft is the "Java and Bedrock" edition that retails for an upfront price of $30 / £20. On top of this you can buy skins, texture packs and so on in the Minecraft marketplace, and there are two optional subscriptions: Marketplace Pass and Realms Plus. But the important thing is that the base purchase really does have everything you need, and the game never feels like it's trying to upsell you.
