

We'll continue to monitor this situation for any official word from Mojang Studios, especially as new Minecraft: Bedrock Edition beta and Minecraft Preview builds are released in the near future. Now, it seems good news may be on the horizon for one of the best Xbox games you can play.

Since then, Mojang Studios has kept quiet about the feature. Minecraft on Xbox Series X|S has been actively discussed within the Minecraft community since before the launch of the advanced gaming consoles, after Microsoft initially demoed ray tracing using Minecraft. If you want to try your luck at gaining early access, you can use our guide to learn how to download Minecraft Preview. Still, there are enough Minecraft players sharing the story to strongly suggest Minecraft is about to become Xbox Series X|S Optimized with ray tracing support, or at least that Mojang Studios is ready to collect feedback from the community on the feature.

On Monday, reports from a handful of players suggest that Mojang Studios could finally be preparing to fully test ray tracing for Minecraft, bringing it into the world of Xbox Series X|S Optimized games. Despite this fact, Minecraft has yet to be properly upgraded on Microsoft's powerful Xbox Series X|S consoles, leaving many players to feel disappointed or frustrated. Mojang Studios is a member of the growing Xbox Game Studios family, making Minecraft a first-party Microsoft title. Mojang Studios could be preparing to, finally, begin testing Xbox Series X|S ray tracing with Minecraft Preview players.A few of these players were then able to access ray tracing on Xbox Series X|S, either through joining a PC ray tracing world or creating a new world.On Monday, some players began reporting that the latest build of Minecraft Preview was showing as Xbox Series X|S Optimized.Players have been waiting for Minecraft to become upgraded for the current-gen Xbox Series X|S consoles for many months.
