Originally posted by Lucidess:

Considering they are trying to sneak the xbox version of the game into "sometime next year", this will be the update that makes the game "complete", even if the dev's say it's early access for decades more. It's more about the community's overwhelming decision to play the game and experience the new content, making the game feel fresh and new. The crossplay will help a lot with forcing others to play this game, regardless of what platform they glom on to, and the game will feel new to many.

When minecraft first hit xbox, it was barebone, far behind Java. So doing early access on console is doable.

Now they said full release Next year but I still see it as Release with more coming. theres still other map areas for them to add to. The AshLands and Deep North, Ashlands right now is open and nothing there but some fire fiends or w/e and Deep north is just Mountains and snow(shocker). Theres a lot more they could add and should add for not only fans of the game but to keep bringing new people which will = more money for them with other projects and more.

End of 2022 was the last known release window for Mistlands based on the Road Map. So hope it comes soon because I really dont want to start over(again(5th time)).