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It’s that time again. Time to fill up some epic panels for MINECON 2013. In past years we’ve had amazing panels about all different Minecraft topics by a variety of speakers. From children to adults, our panelists have included wonderful people from the community with all different backgrounds. We are looking to find another incredibly interesting and diverse set of panels and speakers. Think you have what it takes? Submit your idea here.. Panel submissions will close on Monday, October 7th at 11pm PST. Thanks! Lydia -@LydiaWinters Continue reading...

I’m a little snapshot, short and stout. Here is my screenshot and here is my [FATAL CORRUPTION IN CLASS SXQ CANNOT CONTINUE] To get snapshots, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher. Server files: Cross-platform jar: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/13w39a/minecraft_server.13w39a.jar Windows EXE: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/13w39a/minecraft_server.13w39a.exe Report bugs here: Minecraft issue tracker! // The Minecraft and Minecraft Realms teams Continue reading...

Update: Snapshot 13w37b has been released, along with a pre-release of 1.6.3. You can select these versions in your launcher, or download the server links below. Hey! You! Did you hear about the new snapshot? No? Well, there’s a new snapshot! Huzzah! What got added? Stuff! What got fixed? Bugs! If you find any more silly bugs, please help us fix it by reporting it to our bug tracker. We still strongly recommend that you don’t run the snapshots on an existing world if you don’t want to run into chunk errors. There is a known issue with world structures such as Nether Fortresses not transitioning to 1.7 from 1.6, but loading these areas in the new pre-release 1.6.3 and then going to snapshot 13w37b (or later) should fix this. To get...

Hi! Haven’t you heard? The Scrolls ESL Opening Cup is taking place this weekend. It’s the first tournament we’ve been directly involved in so we’re pretty excited. You can see the first place prize* up there. To be in with a chance of winning Henrik’s piece of acrylic awesomeness, you’ll need to sign up. Good luck! Owen – @bopogamel *You don’t get Henrik. Just the painting. Sorry. Continue reading...

Do you like pens and pencils and Minecraft skins? You’re in a for a massive treat. 57digital have recently released Minecraft Skin Scanner. It’s an app for iOS that lets you to draw a Minecraft skins irl before importing them into the app and uploading the results to use in-game. Watch the trailer for a more visual explanation. Skin scanner costs $1.99/€1,79/£1.49, and is available from the app store now. Have fun! Owen – @bopogamel Continue reading...

Update: Snapshot 13w38c has been released to fix numerous graphical issues, crashes and item frame issues. The client is available in your launcher, and the server links are below. There’s a snapshot! It’s called 13w38a! What does it have? Well, that’s Super Secret :) To get snapshots, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher. Server files: Cross-platform jar: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/13w38c/minecraft_server.13w38c.jar Windows EXE...

Hey! There’s a post on Scrolls.com discussing what’s coming this October. Check it out, if you’re that way inclined. Have a nice day! Owen – @bopogamel Continue reading...

It’s that time of the year again. Hold onto your hats because we have brand new bugs features for you to explore! Introducing the first snapshot of Minecraft 1.7: 13w36a. What’s new, you ask? I don’t know! You tell me! We’re keeping this one a secret for now, but please report anything that you think is not an intended feature to our bug tracker. We strongly recommend that you don’t run the snapshots on an existing world if you want your landscape to stay pretty. You’ll get silly chunk borders and they don’t look pretty at all. I’d even go as far as to call them ugly. To get the snapshot, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and...

Massive congratulations to Edge magazine. The stellar publication has been around for 20 years! To celebrate, their 258th issue comes in 20 different flavours, and one of those flavours includes the earthly overtones of both Minecraft and Dungeons & Dragons. Junkboy drew it, and I worded it a few weeks ago. Click the image above to embiggen. Be sure to visit Edge Online to check out the other 19 on offer. There are some awesome creations in there. Edge issue 258 has just gone on-sale. Have a nice day! Owen – @bopogamel Continue reading...

Hey hey! I thought it was time I gave you an update on the world generator changes we’ve been working on. The last time we did any major changes to the generator was back in March 2012, when the jungle biome was added. In case you don’t know what a “biome” is, it’s a climate zone used in the game to set what kind of surface the ground has (sand? grass?), whether it should rain or snow, what trees grow there, and sometimes also what kind of animals that are allowed to spawn there. The biome is also used to determine how hilly it should be, although this is a technical solution because biomes are generated before the elevation (the old generator created the elevation first, and decided on biomes based on elevation). One reason why we...

Hey! Didn’t you get the memo? The forces of Decay have been unleashed upon the world! In fact, it’s looking very lively over on Scrolls.com. You should probably check it out. Click the image above, or this highlighted text to see what I’m talking about. You can buy Scrolls here. It’s super fun times! Have a good day everyone! Owen – @bopogamel Continue reading...

Sony fans rejoice! The rumours are true. Minecraft is indeed coming to PS3, PS4, and Vita. We’re delighted to spead the Minecraft love to a new family of consoles. As previously confirmed, Minecraft is also coming to Xbox One. There’s no need to feel left out, no matter your choice of future console. We’re not quite ready to share dates and details yet, but as soon as we are I’ll get them posted. Have a good day everyone! Owen – @bopogamel Continue reading...

Hey! Just in-case you didn’t know, Scroll’s fourth faction – Decay – is shambling into game next week! It’s going to be horrific. Click the huge image for more info. You can buy Scrolls at this handy link. Have a nice day! Owen – @bopogamel Continue reading...

Hello! We’re extremely proud to announce that Cobalt – the first third-party game published by Mojang – has just been confirmed for Xbox 360 and Xbox One. You might have heard the news at Microsoft’s event at Gamescom in Cologne this morning. The game is being ported to console by FatShark AB. Cobalt is a game about cyborgs, weapons and super slow-mo evasive manoeuvres, including combat rolls, rail slides, rocket punches and wall jumps. If you want to get one step ahead of the curve, you can download the Cobalt alpha for PC and Mac from playcobalt.com. Pontus Hammarberg, one of the developers of Cobalt is well-chuffed with the news: “Since we started developing Cobalt it’s been obvious that the game would feel right at home on a...

Seeds are strings of numbers and letters that can be used as a starting point for Minecraft worlds. Use the same seed as another player to create your landscape and you’ll end up in an identical environment. Minecraft Seeds Pro is an app for iOS and Android that takes advantage of this. It’s a community-based resource that lets you search for specific seeds and discuss them with other users. You can also link your Minecraft account(s) to Seeds Pro and use it to keep in touch with friends. Soon, the app will include support for Minecraft videos too. We thought it would be cool to show off the most popular seeds on each platform. Use the names of each seed (in bold) to generate your level. Download the app for more seeds. Have fun...

The crafty chaps at 57 digital have just announced an exciting competition. It’s in celebration of a new update to Minecraft Papercraft Studio. All you need to do it harness your crafting might, create an awesome papercraft diorama using Minecraft Papercraft Studio, and submit a picture of it to their tumblr. We’re judging the top entries, then 57digitial are sending out awesome prizes, which you can see by clicking the image above. It’s probably worth taking advantage of their most recent update in your creation: Papercraft Studio now features “EasyCraft” tiles that let you turn a common cardboard box into something significantly more exciting. Here’s a video that explains how it works. In other news, an Android version of...

You might remember me posting about Minecraft Skin Studio for iOS. It’s a handy app that lets you design your Minecraft skin on your mobile device or tablet. You can also download other user’s skins for use in-game. A, frankly ludicrous, 500,000 skins are already available in the app. Now Minecraft Skin Studio is available for Android. 57digial have redesigned the interface for your less fruity devices, and even made a new trailer to celebrate. Download it here. Hope you have fun! Owen – @bopogamel Continue reading...

MINECON tickets are here! In an effort to be fair to people who have jobs or school and those with different schedules we’re releasing tickets in 3 batches to cover different days and times. Each batch is for 2500 tickets and you can purchase up to 6 tickets in one order, to cover families or groups of friends traveling together. The release schedule is as follows: Ticket Batch 1 – Wednesday July 31 @ 4pm PDT / 7pm EDT Ticket Batch 2 – Friday August 2nd @ 7am PDT / 10am EDT Ticket Batch 3 – Saturday August 3rd @ 12pm PDT / 3pm EDT When you book your tickets you can also book hotels at our special MINECON rates. We have a variety of hotels available with different prices and different distances from the Convention Center. Visit...

This year we’re holding our third MINECON event, and now that tickets are sold out and we are deep into planning I thought I’d give a little bit more info into the event and how/why we do some of the things we do for it. MINECON is exciting to us. It’s a chance to bring together thousands of Minecraft players all in one place and give them a chance to meet each other and Mojang, and give people a really amazing experience involving a game that is so integrated into our lives. TICKET SALES We choose to keep MINECON limited to a relatively small group of people so that we can interact with them and give them the best experience possible. We split the ticket sales into 3 batches of 2500 to give people the most chance of being able to...