Developer Finds Way to Run Minecraft on iOS
The launch of the game world and saves has already been confirmed, though performance metrics have not yet been measured
User leviidev01 has developed the Utsuro system for running Xbox One games on iOS and iPadOS devices. It recreates the console’s software environment based on Windows, along with the necessary system functions.
FEXCore is responsible for executing x86-64 code on Apple chips: instructions are converted to ARM64, and full hardware emulation is not required. Graphics compatibility is ensured by converting DirectX calls and shaders into Metal Shading Language, while audio is processed through XAudio2 and CoreAudio. The project on iPhone and iPad requires access to JIT compilation.
According to the author’s assessment, the Xbox version of Minecraft runs "very well." No information about other games has been provided yet. The Utsuro source code is available on GitHub.
