Minecraft Realms Multiplayer Finally Its Heading To Apple TV

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If you've been wanting to play Minecraft with your gamers on the Apple TV It's time to start getting excited. "Realms", Minecraft's subscription-based multiplayer has been added to the Apple TV version. This version is also updated to include Xbox Live authentication support that will allow players to access their avatars, character skins, and other data.



When you purchase a Realms account, it's similar to buying an Minecraft server, only it's managed by Microsoft so you don't have to mess with things like hosting or IP addresses. lalalalal can control who can visit your private Minecraft Realm as well. You don't have any worries about strangers visiting your Minecraft Realm and ruining it as you race around building crazy recreations of King's Landing in Game of Thrones. For $3.99 and $7.99 respectively you can build an entire Realm for 2 or 10 players.



Users of existing Realms subscriptions for Mac, Linux, or PC are not allowed to play with their iOS and Apple TV brethren. There are two Realms systems: one for PCs, and one that supports iOS and Android users. We contacted the company to find out whether there are plans to connect the two systems.



The procedurally-generated worlds of Minecraft deserve to be explored with others; now Apple TV and iOS fans have a chance to do just that... as long as they stick to their own platform.