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Saturday19th Feb 2022
News Capcom Street Fighter Skin Pack Added To Minecraft As DLC
"Fists will fly this month in Minecraft Marketplace!"
There have been some rumblings online about a possible Street Fighter reveal very soon, and if that wasn't already enough - Mojang and Capcom have now teamed up for a special Minecraft x Street Fighter collaboration. This Capcom-approved 'World Warrior' DLC from 5
Friday11th Feb 2022
News Minecraft 1.18.10 Update Adds Frogs, And Nintendo Switch Gets Extra 1.18.11 Update
Leaps and frogs
[Update: Fri 11th Feb, 2022 23:30 GMT] The Minecraft team have just announced that three extra bug fixes will be released as 1.18.11 for the Nintendo Switch only: Fixes: Fixed a crash that could occur during gameplay Fixed players not being directed to minigames on some Featured Servers Fixed NPC dialogue prompts closing if there...
Monday17th Jan 2022
UK Charts Minecraft Goes Top In A Week Dominated By Switch Games
Mario Kart falls to fourth
UK physical chart data is now in for the week ending 15th January, revealing that it's Minecraft's turn to sit at the top of the pile. The Switch edition of the game, which is treated individually to its rival platform counterparts in the charts, leads a top ten that includes five Switch exclusives in total; Super Mario...
Friday17th Dec 2021
Random This Guy Has Been Mining Out An Entire Minecraft World For 4 Years, And He's Almost Finished
"Bedrock massacre"
They say that one of the most zen things you can do with a few hours of your life is digging in Minecraft. There's something supremely relaxing about the soft, repetitive sound of pickaxe-meeting-stone; combine it with an enchanted diamond pickaxe and a couple of beacons and you can mine out entire caves in mere minutes. But what...
Wednesday15th Dec 2021
News Minecraft Now Has More Than 1 Trillion Views On YouTube
It's the most popular game on the platform, ever
Minecraft has been around for more than a decade now and it's still insanely popular. So just how "popular" is it? YouTube has announced Minecraft videos have now racked up a combined total of more than a trillion views - yes, over one trillion views. It's honestly hard to imagine that many people...
Sunday12th Dec 2021
News Minecraft Celebrates Halo Infinite's Campaign Launch With Eight New Skins
Jump in, Spartan
Halo Infinite - one of the most anticipated video game releases of 2021 - got its campaign update this week, and to celebrate, Mojang and 343 Industries have teamed up with 4J Studios to update the existing Halo mash-up pack in Minecraft. It contains eight new skins - bringing the total amount of skins in this pack to 56. And if...
Friday3rd Dec 2021
News Minecraft 1.18.1 Update Fixes Fog Issues And Decreases Diamonds, Here Are The Patch Notes
Oh no! My diamond spawning rates! They're broken!
Mojang have just announced the first patch for Minecraft's brand-new 1.18 update, titled "Caves & Cliffs Part II", which aims to fix a few bugs and issues here and there. Technical Changes in 1.18.1 Pre-release 1 Fixed an issue that would cause players on low-bandwidth connections to get...
Tuesday30th Nov 2021
News Minecraft's Caves & Cliffs Part II Update Is Out Now - Here's How To Get It On Switch
Time for large underground holes!
The day has finally arrived: Minecraft's Caves & Cliffs Part II update has come to both Java and Bedrock Editions of the game, bringing new world generation and some rather lovely new caves. We've covered the way the new terrain generation works already when we got our mitts on the Snapshot earlier this year,...
Wednesday17th Nov 2021
News Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs Part II Release Date Revealed
Some features have been postponed indefinitely
IT'S TIME. After the tease earlier this week, we were expecting to see a release date reveal for the much-awaited second part of Minecraft's Caves & Cliffs update, and now we have it: November 30th. In
Wednesday10th Nov 2021
News Cryptic Tweet From Minecraft Developer Hints At 1.18 Update Coming Soon
Get ready for your Minecraft world to become 2000% more cavey
In October, Minecraft developer Mojang announced that part two of their gigantic Caves and Cliffs update would be ready in "a month or two". It looks like it's almost time, as Mikael "slicedlime" Hedberg, the Tech Lead for Minecraft Java Edition, just tweeted out something a little...
Saturday16th Oct 2021
News Mojang Reveals Minecraft: The Wild Update, Arriving In 2022
Caves & Cliffs Part 2 is also a "month or two" away
During this year's Minecraft Live broadcast, Mojang unveiled its next big update for the ever-expanding sandbox, crafting and survival game. It's called 'The Wild Update' and will bring new gameplay, more depth and "lots of fun stuff" to the game. There'll be mud, mangrove swamps, different types...
Watch Minecraft Live 2021 - Live!
Block out some time to watch
Minecraft is a global phenomenon, so it makes sense that it has its own whopping live stream to showcase updates and new content. Expect new mobs and assorted goodies, as this is a rather big annual extravaganza for the game. It all kicks off at 9am PT / noon ET / 5pm BST / 6pm CEST, so get comfy and feel free to join...
Monday11th Oct 2021
News Steve And Alex amiibo Available To Pre-Order As A Double Pack Or Standalone (Japan)
Will we get the same in the west?
As well as the major news that Kingdom Hearts' Sora has taken Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's final roster spot, last week's Direct also revealed that Steve and Alex will be receiving amiibo figures next year. We didn't get to see the figures in the flesh during the show, but pre-orders for both h
Tuesday5th Oct 2021
News Steve And Alex Will Both Receive Smash Bros. amiibo Figures In Spring 2022
Sephiroth, Pyra, Mythra, and Kazuya figures also teased
The announcements from today's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation just keep on coming, as Sakurai-san delivers the latest news on amiibo figures. Unsurprisingly, it has been confirmed that both Steve and Alex, who joined Ultimate to represent Minecraft, will be receiving their own...
Monday6th Sep 2021
UK Charts Minecraft Blocks Mario Kart 8 Deluxe To Take Top Spot
The Switch version continues to flourish
The physical chart data for week ending 4th September is now in for the UK market, and in the absence of notable non-digital releases an old stager has re-taken top spot. Yes, it's Minecraft. As a reminder, the UK charts give the physical Switch iteration its own entry, so every week it spends in the top 10...
Thursday2nd Sep 2021
News 'Minecraft Live' Set To Reveal New Content In October
Also, vote on a new mob
As we creep closer and closer to the release of Caves & Cliffs Part 2, which will completely revamp Minecraft's world generation (and probably break a lot of things in cool ways), it's hard not to get hyped — and now, we have a target to get hyped at. Minecraft Live is a livestream of all things Minecraft, from Mojang...
Monday23rd Aug 2021
Random Make-A-Wish And Mojang Helped A Kid Make A Nightmare Burger Restaurant In Minecraft
Udder chaos
Get ready for a heartwarming and slightly horrifying tale of making dreams come true, virtual animal torture, and almost definitely at least one health code violation. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a non-profit organisation that helps make wishes come true for children with terminal and critical illnesses, whether that's to become a...
Thursday12th Aug 2021
Japanese Charts Despite Launching In 2018, Minecraft Beats Zelda To Number One
NEO TWEWY falls out of top ten
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for the week ending 8th August, revealing that Minecraft, which first launched physically on Switch back in June 2018, has returned to the top of the table. The game sold an estimated 14,912 physical copies this week, leaving it ahead of games like Zelda: Skyward Sword HD,...
Tuesday10th Aug 2021
News Minecraft Update 1.17.11 Patch Notes - Bug Fixes, Item Dupe Glitch Removed
Available now!
As we gear up for the Minecraft mega-update of 1.18 — the second part of Caves & Cliffs, which will add new types of world generation as well as the terrifying Warden mob — we also have to make sure that 1.17 works well. That means fixing all the bugs, removing all the glitches, and sandpapering off all the rough edges on...
Thursday15th Jul 2021
Gallery Having A Nosy Around Minecraft's New World Generation
A whole new wooooorld
Sometimes, it's proper boring having to write about other people having a great time in video games. It mostly just makes us wish we were the ones having the fun, instead of the ones sitting in front of a document and putting down words about someone else's fun. But you know what? Why just write about the Minecraft Caves &...
Tuesday13th Jul 2021
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...
Tuesday22nd Jun 2021
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...
Wednesday9th Jun 2021
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...
Wednesday2nd Jun 2021
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...
Saturday29th May 2021
Thursday20th May 2021
News Minecraft Beats Pokémon, Zelda And Animal Crossing To The Prize Of "World's Leading Fandom"
The most talked-about game of the past 12 months, apparently
We all know that Minecraft is popular, but a new study by FandomSpot.com has revealed the sheer magnitude of its fame. The site has tirelessly sifted through "Reddit, Google Search Term and social media hashtag data" for the past 12 months to come up with a list of the
Wednesday12th May 2021
News Minecraft Receives How To Train Your Dragon DLC
Grab it now from the Minecraft Marketplace
Just in case Minecraft didn't already have enough content for you to enjoy, a new slice of DLC is now available based on DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon. The new DLC lets you fly on dragons, take part in new adventures and missions alongside the series mascot, Hiccup, and also includes characters like...
