You'll need a Microsoft account to download Minecraft but that's no sweat to do. Choosing between the two versions, Java and ...

Minecraft Java Edition players can only cross-play with people on the same version, which is relegated to PC, Mac, and Linux.

This is because the Minecraft Java Edition and the Minecraft Bedrock Edition – the two versions available on the PC platform – are now being offered in a two-for-one bundle.

Confused? The differences are very important to those invested in Minecraft, with the most crucial being that it's easier to mod the Java edition.

Titled Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC, the newly merged version “will become the standard and only offering of vanilla Minecraft on Windows PC,” according to Mojang’s announcement ...