Minecraft 'Super Duper Graphics Pack' canceled, didn't perform well across devices

In 2022, Microsoft said that information technology was working on a Super Duper Graphics Pack for Minecraft. This download would revamp the visuals by adding better lighting and much more than to the game. Since and so, we haven't heard much about the project, and today, the Minecraft Team announced that it had been canceled.

Minecraft runs on quite a number of devices and it seems like the visual upgrade proved too technically challenging for certain platforms. In a post on the game'due south website, the studio said the following.

Some of you might remember us announcing the Super Duper Graphics Pack during E3 2022. Super Duper was an ambitious initiative that brought a new await to Minecraft but, unfortunately, the pack proved too technically enervating to implement as planned. We realize this is disappointing to some of yous – there was a lot of enthusiasm for Super Duper from within and exterior the studio – but unfortunately, we aren't happy with how the pack performed across devices. For this reason, nosotros're stopping development on the pack and looking into other ways for you to feel Minecraft with a new expect.

Hopefully, the squad will discover a new fashion to improve the visuals of the game. There are 3rd-party mods available on a number of websites which can add better lighting and textures. Unfortunately, information technology looks similar we'll have to look for a first-political party solution.

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