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Thursday20th Oct 2022
News Minecraft Dungeons Season 3 'Fauna Faire' Starts Today - Pets, Mobs & More
Spooky Fall is also returning
Update [Thu 20th Oct, 2022 01:30 BST]: This new seasonal update for Minecraft Dungeons has now gone live. As noted on the official Minecraft Dungeons patch notes page, this update will appear as Version 1.16.1.0 on the Nintendo Switch. You can see what's included in the following videos and original post below: "Come...
Wednesday15th Dec 2021
News Minecraft Dungeons' First Seasonal Adventure 'Cloudy Climb' Has Arrived, And It's A Free Update
Play it today!
The Diablo-style dungeon crawler Minecraft Dungeons has today rolled out its first seasonal adventure - Cloudy Climb, and it's completely free. It introduces a new reward track system along with many new themed cosmetic items including skins, pets, flairs, emotes, and even capes. You can also purchase an optional Adventure Pass for...
Saturday16th Oct 2021
News Minecraft Dungeons Is Getting Seasonal Adventures This Holiday
Players can also take on a new 'Tower' challenge
The hack-and-slash Minecraft Dungeons will be getting even more new content this holiday season. During this year's Minecraft Live event, the team at Mojang announced new Seasonal Adventures. As the player, you'll progress through an all-new progression system to earn pets, flairs, emotes and skins,...
Wednesday13th Oct 2021
News 'Spookier Fall' Event Brings Halloween To Minecraft Dungeons
Tastier than a pumpkin spice latte
Last year, RPG spin-off Minecraft Dungeons held something called the "Spooky Fall", a Halloween-themed event with seasonal rewards, mobs, and trials. How could Mojang possibly top that? With SPOOKIER Fall, obviously. The event is free for all players, but is time-limited, running from October 13th to November 2nd...
Monday16th Aug 2021
News Minecraft Dungeons Is Your Next Nintendo Switch Online Trial
Matching up with the Japanese equivalent
Update: Nintendo of America has now confirmed the same trial for North American players, starting at 10am Pacific on 18th August. Original Article: In early August we shared the news that Minecraft Dungeons was lined up as a Nintendo Switch Online free trial in Japan, representing the latest high profile...
Monday2nd Aug 2021
News Minecraft Dungeons Is The Next Nintendo Switch Online Trial In Japan
Is the service upping its game?
Nintendo Switch Online is a service that elicits some feisty conversations online as its merits are debated. As a service it can be relatively inexpensive (especially if you utilise the family subscription), and alongside some 'free' games like Pac-Man 99 it also offers up access to full online play and cloud saves...
Wednesday28th Jul 2021
News Minecraft Dungeons' Echoing Void DLC Is Out Now
The final chapter of the story
Minecraft Dungeons has been getting regular, massive story updates for a while now — Hidden Depths is the last one, which came out in May and added a bunch of stuff in the Ocean biome — but now the "final chapter" is here. Echoing Void is, appropriately, set in The End, and wraps up the story of the Arch-Illager...
Saturday24th Jul 2021
News Minecraft Dungeons: Echoing Void DLC Arrives Next Week
Update: Here's a first look
Update [Sat 24th Jul, 2021 19:05 BST]: A developer diary of the upcoming 'Echoing Void' DLC for Minecraft Dungeons has now been released. This next content update will mark the end of the Arch-Illager narrative and will also be released alongside an additional free update on the same date (28th July). Original article...
Thursday6th May 2021
News Cloud Save Support Is Now Available In Minecraft Dungeons
Here are the full patch notes...
Update [Thu 6th May, 2021 02:55 BST]: Minecraft Dungeons' long-awaited cloud save feature is now live. This means players can now save their progress to the cloud and play their heroes across the following devices: Switch, PS4, PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. This update is part of the 1.8.8.0 patch for Minecraft...
Thursday25th Feb 2021
News Minecraft Dungeons' Flames Of The Nether DLC Pack Is Out Now
Free update also available
Update #2: The Flames of the Nether DLC for Minecraft Dungeons is now available. In addition to this paid content, there's also a free update included. In addition to this is a free pet and cape to celebrate 10 million players. Here are the full patch notes, courtesy of the official Minecraft website: 1.8.0.0 - February...
Friday18th Dec 2020
News Mojang's New Winter Event For Minecraft Dungeons Is Live
Foxes and blockses
Arctic foxes are the best animal in Minecraft, and they're FINALLY getting their time in the spotlight with Mojang's 'Chills and Thrills' seasonal event for Minecraft Dungeons. Starting today, December 18th, and running all the way past Christmas until the 30th, the Chills and Thrills event adds six new trials to the game, all...
Thursday10th Dec 2020
News The New Howling Peaks DLC For Minecraft Dungeons Is Out Now
New season pass and free update also released
Mojang has rolled out a brand new update for Minecraft Dungeons. There's the new DLC Howling Peaks, a new season pass and a free update including six new enchantments changing the way you can play the game. The Howling Peaks DLC is described as an "action-packed trek" to a mountain top, where a strange...
Tuesday24th Nov 2020
News Next DLC Update For Minecraft Dungeons Arrives On 9th December
As well as a new season pass and free content
Mojang has announced its Minecraft Dungeons Howling Peaks DLC will arrive next month on 9th December. It adds a new area, new weapons and artifacts, and of course, plenty of new enemies. It's your job to travel to the top of the mountain to take out the Tempest Golem corrupted by a shard from Orb of...
Wednesday18th Nov 2020
News Minecraft Dungeons Adds Cross-Platform Multiplayer In Its Latest Update
Full patch notes inside
Update [Wed 18th Nov, 2020 03:30 GMT]: Cross-platform play is now available in Minecraft Dungeons, here are the full patch notes via the official game site: 1.6.0.0 - November 17, 2020 Cross-Platform Play: - Team up with friends across consoles and PC! Create a multiplatform alliance and battle together with the new...
Sunday4th Oct 2020
And even more "amazing content" is coming next year
As fun as Minecraft Dungeons is, one thing missing is cross-platform multiplayer. Well before the game's release, the team at Mojang gave everyone a heads up about this and said it was "looking forward" to enabling this feature for free in a future update. So when can we expect it to arrive? At...
Saturday3rd Oct 2020
News Full Smash Bros. Ultimate Minecraft Song List Revealed - Seven Tracks In Total
But there's no original Minecraft music
As always, with a new Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter comes a new song list - and alongside Steve and co there'll be a total of seven new tracks added to Nintendo's all-star brawler. Unfortunately, the team wasn't able to include original Minecraft tracks. Here's Sakurai's full explanation: "we unfortunately...
Friday2nd Oct 2020
News Mojang: Bringing Minecraft To Smash Is The Result Of An "Amazing Collaboration" With Nintendo
"we couldn’t be more excited"
Nintendo has maintained rosy relations with Microsoft for a number of years now, and obviously, this extends to the Xbox Game Studio, Mojang (aka the team behind Minecraft and more recently Minecraft Dungeons). We've just seen more proof of this with the announcement that Steve, Alex, Zombie and Enderman will all be...
Tuesday8th Sep 2020
News Minecraft Dungeons' Creeping Winter Update Is Now Live, Full Version 1.4 Patch Notes
New features, changes and fixes
As promised, Minecraft Dungeons' Creeping Winter DLC is now live. It arrives as part of a significant update which also brings new features, fixes, and more. We have the full patch notes for you below, and we'll also throw in an official description of the new DLC, just in case you missed it last time. The Creeping...
Monday31st Aug 2020
Round Up Gamescom 2020 - Here Are The Nintendo Switch Highlights
Even more great games are on the way
It's a wrap for this year's Gamescom, and now that the all-digital show has come to an end, we've decided to round up some of the highlights announced for the Nintendo Switch. If you'd like to see all of the games shown during the special Gamescom edition of the Future Games Show, check out our previous post...
Tuesday11th Aug 2020
News Minecraft Dungeons Announces Creeping Winter DLC, Free Update And A Physical Edition
And it all arrives on the same day
Lots of lovely announcements for Minecraft Dungeons have been shared today, and we won't have long to wait before getting stuck into all of them. The game is set to receive a 'Creeping Winter' DLC, a free game update, and a physical version across all platforms all on the same day, 8th September. The physical...
Thursday2nd Jul 2020
Reminder The First DLC Pack For Minecraft Dungeons Is Now Available
Welcome to the jungle
Mojang's Minecraft spin-off - Minecraft Dungeons - has just received its first DLC pack, Jungle Awakens. It adds three new story missions, new weapons, new armor, new artifacts, and some dangerous puzzles. There are also new mobs, and the "wicked" Jungle Abomination to defeat. If you own the Hero Edition (available for $29.99...
Saturday27th Jun 2020
News Mojang Launches Its First DLC Pack For Minecraft Dungeons Next Week
A free update is also on the way
As you might recall, Mojang's new Minecraft spin-off - Minecraft Dungeons - is receiving a new DLC pack next month. Now, in the latest post over on the Minecraft website, it's been officially confirmed "Jungle Awakens" will be arriving on 1st July. The first pack will include three new story missions and new...
Thursday18th Jun 2020
News The Latest Patch For Minecraft Dungeons Is Now Live - Includes A Lot Of Fixes
Four of them are only for the Switch
If you're a long-time fan of Minecraft, you'll probably know how Mojang is always releasing updates and patches for the game to make the experience even better. It seems the approach to its latest release Minecraft Dungeons is no different. Now that the game has been out for nearly a month now, Mojang has rolled...
Sunday7th Jun 2020
News Minecraft Dungeons Knocks Animal Crossing Off The Top Of The eShop Charts
Tom Nook has finally been dethroned
Minecraft is obviously an insanely popular game, so it's no surprise to hear Mojang's brand new spin-off Minecraft Dungeons is already selling incredibly well across multiple digital platforms. On the Nintendo front, it's taken the top spot from Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch eShop best sellers list in...
Saturday30th May 2020
News The First DLC Pack For Minecraft Dungeons Launches This July
The second one will follow "later this year"
Minecraft Dungeons might have only just been released earlier this week, but Mojang has already revealed its first DLC will be arriving at some point this July. It's called "Jungle Awakens" and will eventually be followed by the second DLC pack "Creeping Winter" later on this year. In the first...
Thursday28th May 2020
Nintendo Download 28th May (Europe)
Borderlands! Xenoblade! XCOM!
The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail eShop - New Releases: Adam's Venture: Origins (£35.99 /...
Tuesday26th May 2020
News Minecraft Dungeons Is Out Today On Switch, Here's The Launch Trailer
A new take on the Minecraft world
As a quick reminder, today sees the launch of Minecraft Dungeons on Nintendo Switch and other major platforms. If you've been waiting to get stuck into this one, make sure to check out the brand new launch trailer above. Inspired by the likes of
Thursday21st May 2020
Nintendo Download 21st May (North America)
Minecraft Dungeons, Pushy and Pully, and What The Golf?
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Nintendo Switch: Minecraft Dungeons (Mojang,...
News Minecraft Dungeons Switch eShop File Size Revealed
Game launches next week
Next week sees the release of MInecraft Dungeons on the Switch and multiple other platforms such as Xbox Game Pass. If you're as excited as we are about it, then you might be eager to know how much space it'll take up on your hybrid system. According to Nintendo's official website, it'll require 3.2 GB of free space when it...
Wednesday6th May 2020
News Minecraft Dungeons Was Originally Considered For 3DS And Inspired By Zelda
But it's now on every platform and is more like Diablo
One game we're looking forward to trying out later this month is Mojang's new title, Minecraft Dungeons. Although it's taken a lot of design cues from classic ARPG dungeon crawlers, the game's director Måns Olson recently shed some light on the beginnings of the project in an interview with...
