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WizardLord is available now on the Apple App Store and Google Play.Continue reading...

Yokai Kitchen is coming soon to the Apple App Store and Google Play.Continue reading...

Jonathon Dornbush, Brian Altano, and Max Scoville discuss what Sony can do to stay in the E3 conversation without attending, plus much more!Continue reading...

After the Borderlands 3 reveal loot is on all of our minds and we discuss what Destiny does well vs. the Gearbox shooter. Then we chat a bit about our E3 2019 hopes for Destiny.Continue reading...

We are happy to introduce the first (and final?) snapshot of Minecraft 1.11.1!!!!11oneone! This patch is mainly focused on fixing more bugs, but also contains a number of minor features just in time for the Holidays. In particular, there is a new use for the fireworks, but remember to be careful when handling explosives.There is also a new (potentially controversial) change to the combat mechanics. Without revealing what it is, you will most definitely notice the difference when you try out the snapshot. We anticipate much feedback.Continuing on the combat system, there is a new sword enchantment, and Mending is no longer compatible with Infinity on bows.And finally, you can now recycle many tools and items in the furnace. The...

Ah, Friday. For many, this signals the start of two free days to kick back and play their favorite games. To help you out with that, we’ve put some new maps on Minecraft Realms for PC, and have brought back some old favorites as well. Whether you’d like to quietly admire new builds by yourself, or frenetically compete with a group of friends, we’ve got something for everyone!Hot Potato by Team CryusGather your friends and grab a potato! Hot Potato is the kind of sport where you don’t want to be left holding the ball. Keep your eyes peeled for any agitators rushing you with a spud, and if you get hit, mash your mouse until you pass it off to someone else. These are exploding tubers, so toss them before they detonate!Vaslen by...

What a long way we’ve come! At its inception, Pocket Edition was little more than an experiment by mega-brained Mojang coder, Aron Nieminen. It was pretty bare bones - just the most minimal Minecrafty features in mobile form, hammered together in a mere three months.As Aron says: “It wasn’t even supposed to have multiplayer at first, and the first internal version only had an ASCII renderer!”It’s since grown into one of our most popular versions of Minecraft, with over 40 million players, who are now able to enjoy the rich features of redstone, join each other on Realms, and across platforms, race each other on pigback, wail on witches and - with the upcoming Ender Update - battle the ultimate boss: The Ender Dragon.The Ender...

Hey!Minecraft can be a funny old game. Over the years, crafters have uncovered a wealth of secrets, and developed a bunch of unique ways to play. Dirt block towers, pigs with saddles, chests packed with mushroom stew - over time, these things have become almost… normal.For the near future, we’re celebrating some of the funkiest bits of Minecraft. Keen Facebook and Twitter users might have noticed that we’ve already created an LA installation that references the way shrewd Minecrafters use torches to light their way back home. We also uploaded a unique L.A. map to Minecraft Realms for Minecraft Java that features loads of mini-games themed around light. In case you don’t have access to a Realm we’ve also made it available to...

Turn your world into a toon with the latest texture pack to arrive on Pocket and Windows 10 Edition! Give your pigs a higher derp factor - and resolution to boot. Reshape villagers’ noses! Make sheep look startled!Have a look at the screenshots below:Enjoy!Marsh - @marshdaviesContinue reading...

We’ve prepared a rather spectacular seasonal gift for Console Edition. As is traditional, you’ll have to wait until late December to open up the full package, but we’re happy to give you a teeny preview today - the digital equivalent of letting you sneak downstairs and give your gift-wrapped goodies a little inquisitive shake.That’s if you can even lift the box - this is the biggest update we’ve put out this year! There are new mobs, blocks, items, status effects and all manner of other tweaks. Here are a few of the things you might hear rattling round inside:Elytra! Soar through The End on your freshly-minted insectoid glider, or, if you’d rather practice first, why not put your aerobatic skills to the test by generating a world...

Welcome back, Minecrafters, to another Friday of PC Realms maps! Based on last week’s numbers, loads of you went nuts for A Giant Quest! We had fun stomping around and staring down the dragon as well.Let’s get into this week’s maps!Makers Punch by MineMakers TeamMakers Punch was a natural choice for inclusion on Realms. It was a fun and error-free minigame from the start, and it reminded us of the fan favorite, Knockback Madness, seasoned with design elements from MineMakers Team’s Makers Spleef. The goal of knocking your enemies flying off the platform is simple, but learning the jumps and items will give you an advantage as you and your friends play this game over and over.The Lost Civilization by Blockception and Mojang...

What could you learn in one hour? A little maths? A smattering of English? Some “science”?Nothing of significance, basically. That’s why you should be delighted that we’ve created a second Hour of Code tutorial, designed to teach you the basics of coding in a mere 60 minutes. We introduce concepts of game design and computer science in easy-to-understand steps before giving insight into mob behavior and more. Of course, to be a master coder like Jens takes more than an hour’s training, but this is a great place to start.Last year’s hour of code has been played over 31 million times, making it the most popular on the Code.org platform. Despite that, we’ve rebuilt the thing so it’s even better than last year’s.Both the 2015 and 2016...

Treasure hunters, rejoice! Update 1.11, aka the Exploration Update, has now made the treacherous journey from snapshot to full release. Our intrepid developers have scaled mighty crags of code, ventured into untamed pre-release territory and battled bugs to bring you wondrous gaming goodies!Some of these goodies may help you on your own journeys, too. 1.11 introduces the Cartographer, a new type of Villager who will exchange your spare emeralds for a map, marking the spot of certain treasure caches. But these locations won’t give up their bounty so easily! Some maps may point you to mysterious Ocean Monuments, patrolled by spiny Guardians, others to Woodland Mansions - a new location, inhabited by the Villagers’ creepy cousins: the...

There comes a time in every Minecraft edition’s life when they evolve from being a mere percentage into a fully fledged number. For Pocket Edition and Windows 10 that time is almost here. 1.0 - The Ender Update is coming!We didn’t pick that number for the lols. Our next update is packed with features but most significant is probably The End and its iconic inhabitant - The Ender Dragon. Though you can carry on playing after defeating the misunderstood beast, for many, taking it down is the ultimate goal in Minecraft. Something to aim for and achieve after hours of play. A tangible end-game for Survival players.Of course, we’ll continue to update Pocket Edition and the Windows 10 Edition beta after this update. There’s plenty more to...

We have reached a point for Minecraft 1.11 where we feel ready to level up our snapshots to pre-release status! The observer, llamas, and exploration maps will soon hit all vanilla servers across the world, and here’s your last chance to give it a test run before it does so.Unless we encounter unexpected issues of grandiose seriousness, the target release date is November 14!Notable changes:Included one frowny oneBugs fixed in 1.11-pre1:[Bug MC-67665] - Mouse click position always lags a few frames behind the crosshair [Bug MC-101457] - JSON signs with the “score” tag don’t work. [Bug MC-103399] - /debug command create empty files [Bug MC-107581] - Animation of totem is affected by “fixed” display setting rotation (and is...

Hey!Exciting news ahead!We’ve teamed up with a bunch of our developer buddies to create games and raise money for charity. The games will be available to download from Humble Bundle’s snazzy website in exchange for a donation of your choosing. It starts at 3pm today and ends at 12pm CET on Thursday.The Blockjam will include a few groups of Mojang developers, a chap from Microsoft based in Seattle, Grapefrukt, Ludosity and the wonderboys from Oxeye Game Studio. We’re even putting on an official Mojang livestream that’ll be hosted by three of the greatest Minecraft youTubers of all time - cat-shaped man with the insane chuckle, Stampy; cheery lover of dog art, StacyPlays; and the infectiously enthusiastic and difficult to spell...

Hello everybody!We’ve rolled out an update called 0.16.1 for all you Pocket and Win 10 players of Minecraft. Please go to your favourite app store to download the update. It fixes quite some bugs and will make your gaming experience smoother.Changelog below!Tweaks:Fixed spacing so there’s now enough room for some longer localized text. Performance improvements.Bug fixes:Fixed a crash caused by some splash potions generated through slash commands. You can now delete a world & save a resource pack if the path has UTF-8 characters. Fixed updating player inventory slots. Fixed Realm crash when placing an item frame. Fixed game crash when renaming a map. Creepers explode when attacked by snow golems now. Fixed inventory slots...

Surprise! If you’re a Realms subscriber on the PC edition of Minecraft, you’ve got some new content today. Releasing a bunch of Halloween experiences last week caused some build-up in the launch tubes, and so we already have four snazzy, new maps for you to dig into.Let’s get started!A Giant Quest by Team WoolooWhen a dragon shows up to extort your village for gold, there’s only one thing you can do: get huge and wreck everything! A Giant Quest is a short single-player adventure that plays with your sense of scale in some surprising ways, then afterward, allows you to create your own village in that same world.Bear Buds by Mithey and BluelovingContinuing Mithey’s trend of animal-related maps, we’ve got Bear Buds! You’re a...

Zis is ze nouveau snapsot !An zis snapsot inclutz…Notable changes:You might observer changes.Bugs fixed in 16w44a:[Bug MC-2334] - Sneaking on shorter than full blocks (chests, enchantment table…) will make you fall nonetheless [Bug MC-36360] - No player sound when “Friendly Creatures” are turned off [Bug MC-73494] - Translation for white wool and white carpet is incorrect (US) [Bug MC-86818] - Lingering and Splash Potions show invalid name in statistics [Bug MC-87364] - Missing error message for failed scoreboard players tag [Bug MC-87989] - Wrong line when casting fishing rod in third person view [Bug MC-89174] - /enchant with any invalid ID displays message “There is no such enchantment with ID 0” [Bug MC-92105] - Splash...

Ghosts and ghoulies, zombies and freaks - Halloween is the night that they shudder from the shadows to work mischief upon the living! Our own Twitch channel was possessed by numerous sinister spooklets for a two-hour long livestream, summoned forth by the utterance of such ancient and terrible names as Marc, Jason, Helen and Mike.After performing the dark and diabolical rites to get the microphone working, they proceeded to play through a special House of Horrors map, haunted by creepy custom mobs - all made using Add-Ons!Watch the team encounter these ghastly and grim creations on our Twitch channel or download the map and Add-Ons for yourself! Get everything you need right here. Just click the import button in-game (next to Create...

Hey!It’s been a long time coming! We announced it, created an Early Access version, and now… Minecraft: Education Edition has officially launched!Oh, and don’t worry if you don’t understand these words because Minecraft: Education Edition is available in 11 languages and a whopping 50 countries!Minecraft: Education Edition includes all kinds of cool features that make it fun and easy for educators to create and teach lessons through Minecraft. There’s even a dedicated Classroom Mode companion app that displays a map view, world management settings and more.Just like all the editions of Minecraft, Education Edition will be updated regularly and improved on by a talented community of creators. Only this time, those creators are...

With Halloween just around the corner, we asked community mapmakers if they were working on anything particularly Halloween-ish, and they replied with a resounding, “Yes!” This is the biggest Realms map release so far, with seven total upcoming experiences. Read on to find out more about each map!Herobrine’s Mansion by Hypixel and XiantisOriginally published three years ago, Herobrine’s Mansion was one of the first adventure maps to make extensive use of command blocks. Players face off against the devious Herobrine, but you can only reach him once you defeat his minions. Now, with some updated mechanics and a fresh coat of paint, this faithful recreation of Herobrine’s Mansion is ready for you and your friends!The Dornenstein...

Snapshot time! Bugs bugs and more bugs, all fixed!And this snapshot includes…Notable changes: Fishing has recieved a major overhaul! Vexes can now follow you between dimensions and move in water Broken tools will remain brokenBugs fixed in 16w43a:[Bug MC-1040] - Tools with unbreaking enchantment break, disappear from slot then reappear [Bug MC-2920] - Wrong Fishing Line Calculation [Bug MC-6579] - Fishing line does not follow rod when Fov is changed [Bug MC-11877] - Fishing bobber floats a block above water [Bug MC-47508] - Ridden entities disappear on relogin [Bug MC-55851] - Leads not rendering when spawned (attached to mob/fencepost) via command block/structure block [Bug MC-79996] - Blocks like crops and...

Yeah, I know: Halloweek isn’t actually a word. But hopefully this horrifying misuse of language is unsettling enough to get you in the mood for a week of creepy fun!We’re kicking things off with the launch of the Spooky Bundle for Console Edition today: no tricks here, just three seasonal treats all rolled into one - the Halloween Mash-up, the Halloween Battle Map and the Campfire Tales Skin Pack. Check out the chilling trailer above and witness a trio of grisly delights, guaranteed to haunt your dreams FOREVER*!*maybeThe Halloween Mash-Up features a custom-built world for you to haunt, replete with a uniquely terrifying texture pack. You can get into the spirit of things by donning one of our Campfire Tales skins: from...

The mighty 0.16 update has landed on Pocket and Windows 10 (read all about it here!) bringing with it our first implementation of Add-Ons! They’re a new way for you to customise your Minecraft world, allowing you to poke around in the guts of the game and tweak the way mobs look and behave.Want to create an army of chicken-riding, explosive witches? Who doesn’t? And now you can.But… But how?!Luckily we have smart dudes Jason Major and Jared Greiner on hand to show you the ropes, or, more accurately, the json files. They sat down to play through the Alien Invasion Add-On we teased at E3 earlier this year, to show you some of the cool things you can do by messing about with mobs:And, for those who want to have a crack at making...

Wet sponges - I’ve recently discovered that babies like to suck on them, which is kinda gross to be honest. But let’s not worry about that for now. Minecraft: Pocket Edition and the Windows 10 Edition beta are being updated to 0.16 today, bringing loads of new features, most of which are not in the slightest bit soggy.First: Add-Ons. These are kind of a big deal. Add-Ons allow anyone to change the way a Minecraft world works. You could, for example, change chickens’ behavior so you can ride them or make creepers even more explodey than they already are. You could take all of your memories, program them into a villager, then study its behaviour to help determine what you should do next with your life. Not sure about that actually, but...

Snapshot time! Bug fixes galore!And this snapshot includes…Notable changes: The witches have been grounded Vexes are now a bit more evil At least one crash fix - yay!Bugs fixed in 16w42a:[Bug MC-46345] - Maps stop updating after going through nether portal / Map update packets ignored by client [Bug MC-88089] - Two players going down a ladder at the same time makes them stuck or go up [Bug MC-95735] - (Splash) harming and healing potion still applys effect even if it’s specified not to. [Bug MC-97692] - Boat riding on an entity riding on an entity [Bug MC-99763] - help command not suggesting tab completion when executed from other entity [Bug MC-100260] - Explosion impulse on non-living entities is not attenuated...

Brave Adventurers!This week, we have FOUR new maps for you. They’ll let you soar across ancient ruins, saddle up sturdy panda steeds, clamber through the jungle canopy and ponder brain-bending puzzles. Mildly interested? We can work with that.Our first addition is a great Capture the Flag game where you use elytra wings to fly into your enemy’s base. Let’s get into it!Valley of the Kings by The Broken ButtonsThe Archaeologists have dug to deep and too greedily, awaking a force of Ancient Egyptians from their supernatural slumber! Now these eternal enemies do battle, seeking to steal each other’s flags. You know, for reasons. Join one of the two teams, and make your way across this gorgeous Egyptian-themed canyon to nab your...

It’s time for a new snapshot, and this one includes a lot of bugfixes!And this snapshot includes…Notable changes: A number of Observer block fixes Two+ crash fixes The ascii rabbit was removed from the code, but fortunately added again Damaged items are now more bright Nothing wrong with pistons anymore ever. -GrummBugs fixed in 16w41a:[Bug MC-2912] - Creative Mode Hotbar Glitch when using Number Key to exchange items slots [Bug MC-11416] - Dispenser / Dropper / Piston / Command block placing is not consistent [Bug MC-59303] - When placed next to a cactus, the head of bed remains same [Bug MC-70806] - Blocks with a data value > 0 have missing texture in superflat customization [Bug MC-80692] - WitherBoss...

MediCom Toy Inc have been making supercool BE@RBRICK figurines since 2001 and it’s a great honour to be able to collaborate with them on this limited edition 28cm-tall creeper model. Other featured designs have been by the likes of H R Giger and Vivienne Westwood, so we’re in some very fancy company!You can pre-order yours now right here - but you only have until Oct 10 to do so! The models will then be shipped out in January.That’s all!Cheerio!Marsh - @marshdaviesContinue reading...