Mojang’s first take on a new, more focused Minecraft Live is just weeks away

The first “new” Minecraft Live is airing later this month with fresh Minecraft announcements.

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What you need to know

It’s a new dawn for Minecraft, or at least that’s what its creators are promising. Earlier this month,Mojang Studios announced a new approach for Minecraft’s development, including smaller and more frequent updates and new, focused bi-annual Minecraft Live shows to accompany them. Now, we know when the first of these new Minecraft Live events is airing.

Mojang has revealed thatMinecraft Liveis returning (in a new format) onSept. 28, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET, and players can expect first looks at brand-new, never-before-seen Minecraft content.

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The first look at future Minecraft updates

Minecraft Live has been the biggest Minecraft-related event of the year for a long while now, butMojang Studiosis shaking things up. Now, the show will air twice a year and be shorter and more focused on the next six months ofMinecraft. This includes a sneak peek at upcoming “game drops,” which are basically smaller, themed content updates for Minecraft that are replacing the major, annual releases of the past.

With the new approach, Minecraft should be updated far more frequently with Mojang releasing new content as it’s ready. Mojang has promised that this Minecraft Live will debut multiple Minecraft game drops, which likely includes the immediate future and then a tease for what comes next. The show may not just be about the original Minecraft game, though, as this is also the platform where Mojang will share new insights into the wider Minecraft universe.

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So, new Minecraft content updates are guaranteed, and there’s no hint what those updates will include right now apart from it still being Minecraft’s fifteenth year of existence. However, we may also learn more about other parts of the franchise, such as theupcoming live-action Minecraft movie and its oh-so cursed first trailer.

Whatever we see during Minecraft Live, after the show Mojang developers will stick around to discuss Minecraft’s development in more depth and go hands-on with some of the freshly announced content, which is exciting. Just don’t expect massive announcements and earthshaking new features that will turn the world of Minecraft upside down. There also won’t be aMinecraft Live Mob Votethis year, as Mojang has officially killed the controversial event.

The new Minecraft Live officially airs on Sept. 28, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET, and you’ll be able to stream it onMinecraft.net,YouTube, andTwitchin English with English Audio Descriptions, American Sign Language (ASL), and British Sign Language (BSL). After the show concludes, Mojang Studios will release translated recordings with Arabic (MSA), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Filipino, French, French (Canadian), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Castilian Spanish, LATAM Spanish (Mexican), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese subtitles.

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Zachary Boddy (They / Them) is a Staff Writer for Windows Central, primarily focused on covering the latest news in tech and gaming, the best Xbox and PC games, and the most interesting Windows and Xbox hardware. They have been gaming and writing for most of their life starting with the original Xbox, and started out as a freelancer for Windows Central and its sister sites in 2019. Now a full-fledged Staff Writer, Zachary has expanded from only writing about all things Minecraft to covering practically everything on which Windows Central is an expert, especially when it comes to Microsoft. You can find Zachary on Twitter@BoddyZachary.