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PewDiePie mindblown after experiencing Minecraft in VR

YouTube king Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg had his mind blown playing Minecraft for the first time in VR as the experience brought his in-game created world ‘Broland’ to life.

Virtual reality has the potential to transport gamers into the worlds that they play in and the immersive medium is the perfect match for Minecraft, which sees players building their own unique creations.

During his…

Minecraft could be getting vultures as part of a Badlands biome overhaul

Minecraft fans can get a first taste of the biome update via a video detailing Badlands changes, including the addition of a new mob: vultures. Players are being given the opportunity to decide the next biome update at MineCon, and this first clip is just the beginning.

In this previous video adorable Mojang representatives Agnes and Jens let us know that each biome will have new mobs,…

Here’s what Minecraft would look like as an RTS

Have you ever put so much effort into a job application that you made an actual game? I sure haven’t, but Brendan Sullivan (@artofsully on Twitter) did just that. 

As part of an art test for an application to Mojang, Sullivan was asked to “reimagine the look/style of Minecraft for a hypothetical new game.” Instead of turning in some mockup concepts as was probably expected, Sullivan “went a…

Character creation rolls out for beta testing in Minecraft

Character creation is finally coming to Minecraft, bringing more than 100 basic features including hair, eyes, different mouths, skin textures, facial hair, and body sizes, to the game.

Coming to Bedrock beta for Android, Windows 10, and Xbox One players, the character creator feature was initially devised for Minecraft Earth, but the development team “got so invested in endlessly designing…

HOW GAMES LIKE MINECRAFT AND NO MAN’S SKY HELP PLAYERS CONNECT TO THEIR WORLDS

Condensed into the first few minutes of one of the biggest games of all time is the entire essence of a genre. Minecraft presents you first with a lush, almost infinitely large world, and then it allows you to instantly set about transforming it.

You chop down trees and dig down through dirt and stone, each tapped block and mined resource disappearing forever. But you also add to the world,…

Microsoft Reveals ‘Minecraft’ Has An Astonishing 112 Million Monthly Players

It’s been pretty clear to anyone paying attention that Minecraft has been seeing a resurgence lately, but now we actually can quantify that to some degree.

This week, Microsoft has told Business Insider that Minecraft has rocketed to 112 million monthly players, a 20 million increase over the last time they reported those figures in October 2018. This is a game that is now a decade old, and…

Three Minecraft biomes are getting ‘new mobs, features and mechanics’

Mojang wants players to vote for which of the three biomes gets upgraded first.

In the lead up to Minecon Live, Mojang has announced plans to update three Minecraft biomes. Swamp, Mountains and Badlands are all scheduled to get updates, with “new mobs, features and mechanics” to be added. 

More details about these updates will roll out between now and September 28, but in the meantime…

What’s the best gaming laptop to replace a MacBook Air for Minecraft?

Robert is looking for a laptop that has a keyboard like an old MacBook Air

My son has grown up using a MacBook Air for Minecraft. He swears by the keyboard layout, and having witnessed the blazing speed with which he does things in the game, I understand his reluctance to use his Alienware laptop. (I know, first-world problems, and all that …)

Both machines are almost six years old and due…

Minecraft’s Badlands biome will get tumbleweed and vultures if it wins MineCon vote

Mojang announced last week that it will take a vote on which of three Minecraft biomes will get major new upgrades first. The vote, which takes place on September 28 to coincide with MineCon Live, pits the Swamp, Mountains and Badlands biomes against one another. As of today, we know a bit about what the Badlands update will entail.

In a short video uploaded to Instagram, the studio summed it…

PewDiePie trolls fans with 4K “Minecraft” VR video

YouTube king Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg gave his fans the old bait and switch in his September 29 episode when instead of playing Minecraft in 4K ray tracing, he went on a rampage in Blade & Sorcery VR using weapons from the popular sandbox title.

Mojang announced in August that they would be releasing an update for Minecraft on PC to allow users with Nvidia RTX series GPUs to enable ray…

Here’s how Minecraft’s Mountains biome will change if it wins MineCon vote

Mojang has released the third and final video showing forthcoming changes to Minecraft’s biomes. The question of which of these updates will roll out first, will be subject to a vote to take place on September 28 during MineCon Live. We’ve seen Swamp and Badlands, now it’s time to check out Mountains.

Here’s the video:

The video is somewhat vaguer than the previous ones, though we’re…

Minecraft biome vote: Swamp will get new boats and a frog if it wins

As you may have caught wind of by now, Mojang is taking a vote on which of Minecraft’s biomes should be updated next. The vote will take place at MineCon Live on September 28, and the biomes involved include Badlands, Mountain and Swamp. We’ve already seen what the Badlands update entails. Now, here’s a short video on what may come to Swamp:

Should it win the vote, the Swamp biome will get…

Minecraft’s new character creator lets players control how they look

The newest Minecraft beta update comes with the ability to make a customized version of yourself, as spotted by VentureBeat. Developer Mojang announced the feature in a blog post, noting the change alongside a slew of performance and gameplay fixes.

The Minecraft Character Creator lets you personalize your avatar within the game, the first official tool for doing following years of mods and…

Minecraft is letting players vote for the biome they want to see spruced up next

Mountains! Badlands! Swamp?

This Saturday marks the return of Minecon, Mojang’s annual Minecraft convention – which has, of course, been an entirely digital affair for the last few years. As part of the event, players are being given the chance to vote on the Minecraft biome they want to see overhauled next.

There are restrictions, however; Mojang has identified three specific biomes that…

Minecraft Guide to Bees: Honey blocks, beehives, release date, and more

The latest addition to Minecraft recently has been the arrival of, you guessed it, bees!

Even ten years after its initial beta release Minecraft continues to evolve at an increasingly rapid pace in its quest to develop a natural world teeming with life. The latest addition to Minecraft recently has been the arrival of, you guessed it, bees! In this guide, we’ll go over every absurd detail…

Half-Life 2 NPCs can finally blink after years of torment

Valve has finally vanquished a few more bugs in Half-Life 2. We might never get to play the conclusion, but at least we can rest easy knowing that NPCs can blink once again. 

Half-Life 2’s NPC have been stuck in this nightmare since 2014, when Steam switched to the SteamPipe content distribution system. The change caused problems for a lot of Source mods and games, but the absence of blinking…

Minecraft Earth early access rollout begins in October

Microsoft will begin releasing the highly anticipated augmented reality mobile game Minecraft Earth in October, following several months of beta testing.

Like the smash hit Pokémon Go, Minecraft Earth layers its universe over the real world, and that takes a lot of planning and computing power. The company is planning a phased release to make sure the game remains reliable as new users jump on…