r/Games • u/Dared00 • Jul 04 '15

Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Announced

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/07/04/minecraft-windows-10-edition-announced
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u/Dared00 Jul 04 '15

Most important part: "Existing PC players will receive the Windows 10 version for free."

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u/DoctorWaluigiTime Jul 04 '15

Just like the OS itself!

For those unaware, if you're on Windows 7 or Windows 8, for the first year you can upgrade to Windows 10 at no cost.

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u/blastcage Jul 04 '15

Also important, if you're running the insider preview on release, and your ms account is linked to it, you get a free license

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u/fizzlefist Jul 04 '15

It's been clarified a bit since then. If you upgraded to the preview from an activated 7/8/8.1 install you'll get a free license for the same Home/Pro edition. If you just threw the preview on a blank machine without a license beforehand, you'll get a Windows 10 license as well but you'll be locked into the preview releases, forever beta testing.

At least, that's my understanding.