July2021
News Minecraft Update 1.17.10 Adds Candles, Axolotl Fixes
Don't get them mixed up, okay?
Earlier this year, Mojang announced that they would be splitting the upcoming Minecraft Caves & Cliffs update into two parts, mostly along the line of "new world generation" and "everything else". Completely rewriting how the world is built is a monumental task, after all. The Caves & Cliffs update part one...
News Minecraft Gets Some More Sonic Content In Awesome New Event
"Join the fastest event alive"
Last month, as part of Sonic the Hedgehog's 30th-anniversary celebration, Minecraft announced a special Sonic Adventure 2 DLC pack for the game. Now in an update, more Sonic x Minecraft content has arrived. This time, Sonic the Hedgehog has taken over "The Hive" Minecraft servers tab. The event runs from now until...
June2021
News Sonic The Hedgehog Minecraft DLC Brings Back Chao Garden
...& Knuckles
It's Sonic the Hedgehog's 30th birthday tomorrow, which is pretty impressive, since it's around 8 times the usual lifespan of a hedgehog. But the big news isn't that Sonic is potentially immortal — it's that Sonic has been, er, "yeeted" into Minecraft. Yes, the video game character famous for turning into a sphere and collecting...
News New Minecraft 'Caves & Cliffs' Merch Includes Goat Plushie, And An Angry Bee
We love it an axolotl
In celebration of the new, massive Caves and Cliffs Update (part one), Mojang has teamed up with toy manufacturer Mattel and apparel company Neff to create a line of clothing, and all-new toys featuring the newly-added and returning mobs. Two early release T-shirt designs will be available from the 10th of June, with...
News Here Are The Full Patch Notes For Minecraft's Caves & Cliffs Part One Update
Axolotl and more...
Mojang has rolled out part one of its Caves & Cliffs update for Minecraft. This covers all platforms including the Switch version and adds new blocks and mobs. There's now axolotl, goats, copper ore and even a spyglass. Mojang has shared the full patch notes for version 1.0.7 over on its official website. Here they are in...
Reminder Minecraft's Caves & Cliffs Part One Update Has Been Released
New blocks and mobs now available
Update (Wed 9th Jun, 2021 00:45 BST): The moment Minecraft fans have been waiting for has arrived - the Caves & Cliffs Part One update is now available. It adds new blocks and mobs: Get to know the axolotl, but don’t let the adorableness of this bucket-happy mob fool you. It is very much a predator. The...
News Defeat Evil With Minecraft's New Ben 10 DLC, Now Available On The Marketplace
It's hero time!
Following on from Sega's tease of Sonic the Hedgehog in Minecraft last week, Mojang has now announced the arrival of the animated television series Ben 10 in its popular survival crafting game. This new DLC, available now on the marketplace, comes in two different modes. Story mode allows you to take control of Ben, Gwen and Grandpa...
May2021
Soapbox I Miss My Friends, But I Don't Want To Kill Them
Well, maybe a little bit
I highly doubt any of the people reading this have the power to change anything in the games industry, but just in case: my thesis here is that the world is craving online co-op games, and it's crazy that we don't have more of them. Or, at least, more of them that don't involve shooting my friends in the face, or hanging out...
Random This Minecraft Version Of Peach's Castle Includes A Secret Wario Room
MinecWAAAAAAAft
Super Mario 64 never claimed that it was a realistic rendition of a castle, but still, we have to wonder — why are so many rooms in Peach's Castle empty? Why does she have a massive basement, but no bedroom? Did she ask her architect to include a bunch of long corridors, and forget to install a bathroom? The inclusion of...
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...
April2021
Random You Can 'Play' Super Mario Bros. In Minecraft, As Long As You Don't Mind 10FPS
Super Mineio Craft Bros.
Okay, okay, before we begin, we have to admit: the title isn't totally factual. This Super Mario Bros. video is technically just an animation, programmed into Minecraft through clever use of Command Blocks, and the only interaction you have with it is pressing the "play" button. We're very sorry for the little white lie...
News Minecraft's Caves And Cliffs Update Gets Split Into Two Parts
Part One will include the Axolotl, don't worry
What do Twilight, Harry Potter, and Minecraft have in common? No, it's not that people want to make out with all the monsters - they've all eventually had parts of them split into two. The upcoming Caves and Cliffs update for Minecraft was due this Summer, and it's still coming - but only the first...
March2021
Random The Author Of World War Z Just Released A Minecraft Novel, And It's Playable, Too
From now on, we're only reading books that have Minecraft maps
Did you know about the official Minecraft novelisations? There are quite a few already, boasting authors who penned the novelisations of Star Wars movies, Dungeons and Dragons quest writers, and multiple New York Times bestsellers. Max Brooks, author of World War Z (which was made into...
February2021
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...
News Minecraft Is Getting New Ore Textures, Except For Diamond, Which Is Already Perfect
Diamond Ore textures are forever
The lead artist of Minecraft, Jappa, just tweeted out a teaser of some updated ore textures, saying that they were designed with colourblind players in mind. All of the ores look a little chunky and have a little more depth to them, and some even have different shapes and colouring to stand out better in the new,...
January2021
Random This Minecraft Build Is A Playable Version Of Link's Awakening
Link and Steve quoted as being "speechless"
It seems so obvious: retro, pixel grid games work well with Minecraft's chunky blocks. That's exactly what builder team pickledscones and thelasteddieonearth (also known by their collective name, "Operation Hyrule") have done with their incredible recreation of Koholint Island from Link's Awakening,...
News This Free Software Lets You Play Minecraft With Your Eyes
Making the game accessible for those who can't use their hands
The past few years have seen some incredible leaps and bounds in technology, and many of those improvements have been focused around accessibility. You may remember the story about inclusivity advocate, developer, artist, and gamer Becky, AKA EyeGazeGirl, who hooked up the Xbox adaptive...
Random Play Among Us In Minecraft With This Blocky Skeld Map
We're pretty sure we saw Creeper vent
You know, Minecraft is pretty cool, but there's not nearly enough murder and betrayal. Or maybe we're playing it wrong. Either way, now you can get a healthy dose of learning not to trust anyone with this nifty recreation of the Among Us Skeld map, courtesy of builder Salestro. Here are the two maps...
Random This Super Mario-Themed Minecraft Parkour Level Looks Really Hard
Jump, man!
If you're a glutton for punishment, you probably don't think Minecraft is hard enough. You probably laugh in the face of Creepers. You eat Phantoms for breakfast. This Minecraft map, by builders midnighthoil and Bertibus, might be for you, you crazy son of a blaze. "Jump-and-Run" maps, or "JaR" as they're known to the community, are...
News Minecraft Earth, Mojang's Answer To Pokémon Go, Shuts Down In June
It's the end, er, man
Ah, it's a bad time to be an app that's all about going outside. We don't even know if we remember what "outside" is, actually. Is it the place where ducks are? Sadly, Minecraft Earth - a lovely app-game-thing that's all about exploration and, uh, fighting skeletons - has just a few months left to live, no thanks to COVID...
News This Free Minecraft Mod Lets You Grow A Garden
Stardew Valley who?
We've been discovering a lot of cool stuff while covering Minecraft's Community Celebration, during which players have been able to download a bunch of free stuff courtesy of Mojang. If you enjoyed the free Farm Life mod, you'll probably love this week's freebie:
December2020
News New Minecraft Freebie Lets You Fly To The Centre Of The Earth
Core blimey
In Terra Swoop Force, there is only one rule: Crash less than your friends. In this latest Minecraft freebie, given to players as part of Mojang's festive Community Celebration, the game has been transformed into an incredible flying course. TSF is actually part of a much larger story by the building team Noxcrew, known as "Geo Descent...
News Switch Owners "Most Likely" To Own A Rival Console, 2020 Study Shows
Console also scores highly in 'bestselling' and 'worst game' categories
Our friends over at GamesIndustry.biz love crunching the numbers and turning them into lovely charts, and we love reading them. Their "Year In Numbers" for 2020 shows a pandemic-fuelled frenzy of video game spending, with a 21% increase in the value of the console market,...
News Minecraft Gets Rural With Free 'Farm Life' Mod
Corn on the cube
Mining in Minecraft is so 2020. We're all about farming, now. Put aside your pickaxe and pick up your shovel; it's time to get agricultural up in here. As part of Mojang's lovely Community Celebration, they've been showcasing the very best that Minecraft players have to offer by making a bunch of fan-made content totally free. This...
