Mojang Studios has announced that starting in early 2021, exisiting ‘Minecraft’ Java Edition players will have to create a Microsoft account.

Mojang's original version of Minecraft, which millions play, will now require a Microsoft to play for security's sake, Microsoft says.

The original version of Minecraft, Java Edition, which supports cross-platform play between Windows, macOS, and Linux, could be purchased and played by creating an account with the developer ...

This Fall, new Minecraft Java players will need to create a Microsoft account to log-in. Meanwhile, existing Mojang accounts will need to migrate in early 2021.

Minecraft: Java Edition players can't put off migrating to a Microsoft account much longer, says Mojang, which has revealed a hard deadline for the switch.

Minecraft: Java Edition is preparing what's probably the final patch for the Nether Update, and the latest snapshot makes some changes for the upcoming Microsoft Account migration.

Way back in 2020, the developers announced a major change to Minecraft: Java Edition, as players would soon be required to swap from a Mojang account to a Microsoft account in order to keep ...

Minecraft Java Edition players have been asked to move their Mojang accounts to Microsoft accounts for a few years, but now there's a hard date for when those accounts must be migrated.

Mojang forcing Minecraft players to migrate accounts to Microsoft By March 10, all Java players will have to have their accounts migrated over to Microsoft. No Mojang account will work after that ...

That’s why we’ve decided that moving forward, all of our games will require a Microsoft account to play – including Minecraft Java Edition," the post begins. "Why?