Enlarge / Players that Microsoft bans from Minecraft will soon also be prevented from joining private servers like this one. (credit: Tynker)
Since its initial release over a decade ago (and even following Microsoft’s 2014 acquisition of developer Mojang), Minecraft has let players create private servers where they’re in full control of what behaviors (and players) are allowed. Next week, though, Microsoft is set to roll out a new update that lets it ban a Minecraft player from all online play, including private servers and those hosted on Microsoft’s subscription-based Realms plan.
Earlier this week, Microsoft launched a pre-release version of Update 1.19.1 for the Java Edition of Minecraft, which will go live for everyone on Tuesday, June 28. That update will add the ability to report users who abuse the game’s chat system and allow for “reported players [to be] be banned from online play and Realms after