Minecraft PSVR Support is Coming This Month

Sony announced on Monday morning that it had planned an entire week of PlayStation VR game announcements, and it kicked off with the biggest announcement for Minecraft players. The popular sandbox game will be updated with a no-cost update to all PS4 players later in the month.

Mojang has been working on that since Sony gave it the green approval to bring cross-platform play and the Bedrock version of Minecraft to PS4 last year. SkyBox Labs has helped it to improve the technology of virtual reality that it employs on other platforms to support PSVR.

You'll be able to play the entirety of Minecraft in PSVR after the update. There will be two main VR modes which are Immersive and Living Room (i.e. You'll be able to access a virtual screen and more options to alter the game to your liking.

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There's no official release date for the patch just yet as Mojang and SkyBox are applying the finishing touches to the update. But if you have a PSVR headset, you'll soon get to experience Minecraft in a completely new way. minecraft