'Minecraft' for PS4 & Xbox One Mods, Servers & Download: Name Changes Update Coming; Game Reaches 1 Million Current Players
Mojang, the game developer behind “Minecraft,” has announced a new upcoming update that will make the lives of some gamers easier.
“Minecraft” players will now be able to change their in-game names. The game also celebrated some milestones this past week, reaching one million current players online.
On Monday, Mojang announced it would allow players to change their names on the game and the update will arrive on Feb. 4, according to a release from the game developer. If you have a silly or regrettable “Minecraft” username, your opportunity to change it is only a couple weeks away.
The change is free and only requires a “Minecraft” account; but, if you sign in using an old “Minecraft” Premium Account, you can still migrate it before the switch over. Once this is done, if you need to do it, you can just access your Mojang account and click the “change” link once the update is available.
To those wondering, names will remain unique, so players will not be able to take others names. However, “37 days after they change their name, the old one will become available.” Name changing is also limited to every 30 days.
Mojang also adds that all unpaid usernames will become available when the name update goes live, but you can still buy it, if you would like to keep your name.
The update will not interfere with bans and mods. Someone who is banned under a certain username cannot change their username and be unbanned. Similarly, mods and other abilities, like op status, should remain the same after a name change. Mojang does recommend contacting mod makers or server owners in case of any issues.
Aside from these update news, Mojang and “Minecraft” celebrated some milestones, reaching one million current players as well as 18 million copies sold of the game’s PC version. Nathan “Dinnerbone” Adams took to Twitter to celebrate the first record, tweeting as the number inched closer to a million.
For the first time ever, we finally have the capability to see how many people are currently playing Minecraft right now. Holy crap.
— Nathan Adams (@Dinnerbone) January 9, 2015
There are currently over 998,000 people playing Minecraft right at this moment. It is not even remotely close to being a peak time. — Nathan Adams (@Dinnerbone) January 9, 2015
I could have waited 5 minutes to say 1 million, but nobody would believe that. :D
— Nathan Adams (@Dinnerbone) January 9, 2015
Johan Bernhardsson, developer of “Minecraft: Pocket Edition,” announced that the game had more than 30 million copies sold. He and “Minecraft” developer Jens Bergensten celebrated on Twitter, thanking fans.
We have now (or very soon) sold 30 million copies of Minecraft Pocket Edition. You guys are awesome! :) — Johan Bernhardsson (@jbernhardsson) January 9, 2015
Over the holidays, Minecraft (PC) passed 18 million sold copies, and now MC:PE hit 30 million! :D
— Jens Bergensten (@jeb_) January 9, 2015
Mojang released “Minecraft: Pocket Edition” was released in 2011 and in the next couple of years it became available to more platforms, including Windows Phone in December of 2014.
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