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Mojang Studios have announced the Minecraft PC Bundle, a package deal that will give Xbox Game Pass for PC users access to both the Java Edition and the Bedrock Edition of Minecraft.

The Java edition of Minecraft is not free to play, and this will likely never change since it is still the most popular version despite the release of the Bedrock Edition that aims to replace it.

Mojang has announced that 'Minecraft' - both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition - will join Xbox Game Pass for PC in November.