Minecraft Shortly Added Raytracing On Xbox Consoles But It Was A Mistake IGN

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Microsoft has reportedly started testing the use of raytracing within Minecraft earlier this week however, it was a mistake. The feature has since been removed.



The feature appeared in a preview version of Xbox consoles, however it was swiftly removed after news of its inclusion. The update included an raytracing preview for both Xbox Series X and Series S consoles, but according to Microsoft the feature shouldn't have been introduced in the first place.



"The previous Minecraft Preview build available to Xbox Insiders inadvertently included prototype code for raytracing support on Xbox consoles," the company confirmed. "This preview code was a prototype code to test raytracing support on Xbox consoles has been removed. It doesn't indicate any future plans to add raytracing support to these consoles."



Inadvertently, the earlier Minecraft Preview build made available to Xbox Insiders included prototype code for raytracing on Xbox consoles. This early prototype code has been removed from Preview and doesn't signal near future plans to add support for raytracing to consoles.



This is right - just because they're testing it doesn't mean Minecraft will see Raytracing support on Xbox consoles anytime soon - even though Microsoft announced raytracing support two years ago.



Microsoft has now dropped the update, explaining that it will not be available on your Xbox consoles for a while. However, this does indicate that Microsoft is still working on the feature. It may eventually be added to Xbox consoles.



Raytracing is currently only available in Minecraft when playing on Windows and is boosted by Nvidia's DLSS upscaling process that helps improve frame rates. This is an example of Minecraft with raytracing turned off and off. sagor's blog



In addition, a long-lost Minecraft update was recently discovered by Minecraft historians. The Secret Saturday update (Alpha 1.1.1), was only available for 3 hours in 2010.



The enigmatic nature of the latest Raytracing Update has raised the question as to whether Xbox gamers will ever be able to save the now-defunct Minecraft version. Or has auto-update made it obsolete?



Are you interested in knowing more about Minecraft? Check out our beginner's guide to the basics as well as our hints and tricks for survival.



Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist for IGN. He is also a film critic. You can follow him on Twitter.

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