The troubled production of Minecraft: The Movie appears to have gained some forward momentum with the hiring of Jim Berney as visual effects supervisor according to a report by Discussing Film. Berney has previously worked on films such as The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Polar Express, and Aquaman.View image on Twitter
Steve Carell was thought by many to be involved back in 2016 but little has been said on his connection to the film since then. Little is known about Minecraft: The Movie at this stage and it’s even unclear if it will be animated, live-action, or a mix of the two.
Microsoft purchased the popular Minecraft video game franchise in late-2014 and has since continued to develop the brand with continued updates to the base game, support for crossplay between most version of it, loads more Minecraft merchandise, a Telltale Games video game, and even Minecraft-themed Xbox One consoles and controllers.
Over the weekend, popular online game Minecraft successfully pulled off a virtual music festival featuring performances by over 50 up-and-coming artists and producers. Fire Festivaldrew in thousands of users over two days, and created a one of a kind multi-platformexperience fit for the digital era.
Outside of being a free virtual festival users could engage with from the comfort of their own home, Fire Festival gave users the additional flexibility of “attending” from three unique digital platforms. The event’s website allowed users to stream to the performances online. Fire Festival’s Discord chat allowed users to listen to the music and engage in conversation with fellow users. Meanwhile, their virtual grounds hosted in Minecraft gave attendees the ability to navigate a robust virtual landscape, see and hear each performance, and engage with fellow attendees in a digital setting.
Despite being a seven-year-old game, Minecraft and its community continue to push innovation. The Microsoft-owned brand continues to support over 91 million active monthly users on its platform. With such an enormous user base, brands such as Fire Festival arguably have the potential to disrupt a key revenue stream of the music business in the future.
One of the festival’s organizers, SLEEPYCATT (real name Max Schramp), has shared recordings of each Fire Festival set via SoundCloud. Listen to the performances from the largest virtual music festival to date below.
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa., Jan. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via OTC PR WIRE — Good Gaming Inc. (OTCQB: GMER) (The “Company”) is pleased to announce their relationship and agreement with esports team Forknife as they look to increase their Minecraft exposure.
Esports team Forknife is comprised of team members MrTop5, Bodil40, Shadical, Zeph, and Deadlox. Collectively, the team boasts a following of five million YouTube subscribers who are passionate about their esport gameplay.
Good Gaming Inc. is currently revamping their Minecade server in preparation for team Forknife’s launch into the Good Gaming Inc. server, which is anticipated to begin during the first week of February. The Company also plans to work with team Forknife on a social media campaign to promote the Good Gaming Minecraft Minecade server.
Eric Brown, Good Gaming Inc. COO, stated, “We are very pleased to have members of the esport team Forknife on board as our latest Minecraft influencers to utilize our Minecade server for gameplay. After careful consideration and several discussions, we realize they truly understand the importance of cross marketing (through various social media platforms) and our goal of making Good Gaming’s Minecraft servers the number one Minecraft servers in the world. We look forward to working with them as they promote their gameplay on our servers and work with our talented team to create the latest and most exciting Minecraft gameplay available anywhere in the world.”
Good Gaming Inc. is a leading competitive gaming and social network platform targeting over 250 million esports players and participants worldwide who want to communicate with each other, develop strategies, and compete at novice, competitive and professional levels. Good Gaming Inc. has taken a strategic multifaceted approach in the esports industry with products and services ranging from multiple Minecraft servers, a proprietary tournament platform, high school esports leagues and soon-to-come virtual reality centers. The esports industry continues to experience exponential growth going from $500 million to $1.2 billion over the last two years while industry analysts forecast a $5 billion global industry by 2020. Good Gaming Inc. seeks to create and exploit opportunities as the industry allows.
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4J Studios has released a brand new Minecraft update version 1.85 for PS4. Here are the patch notes for this new update.
Minecraft support has been dropped for the legacy platforms and the last patch was released just at the end of the year. Since then, PS4 is the only active platform that is getting support lately while the rest of the modern platforms get incremental updates. The new Minecraft update version 1.85 is out now and it mostly consists of bug fixes. One of the issues that were resolved related to the game crashing when loading the older worlds.
You can read the full patch notes for Minecraft update version 1.85 below.
Minecraft Update Version 1.85 Patch Notes For PS4
Fix for a Crash when loading older worlds.
Fix for Large Chests appearing as two Chests during Multiplayer regular gameplay.
Fix for MCCE #8573 – Double Chests can still be opened if partially “blocked”.
Fix for Bamboo not replacing Tall Grass and Double Tall Grass.
Fix for Missing Recipe: Lapis Block to 9 Lapis Lazuli.
Fix for Missing Recipe: Rose Bush to Rose Red Dye.
Fix for Missing Recipe: Peony to Pink Dye.
Fix for Potion of Slow falling not affecting players while Elytra Gliding.
Fix for MCCE #7060 – Water can’t be placed in the End.
Fix for players being unable to pick up their thrown trident if they die before picking it back up.
Fix for a Riptide Trident not resetting the players fall counter.
MineVention is coming to Dreamland on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th March, with a packed programme of demos, tournaments, talks and even a Guinness World Record attempt for Minecraft lovers big and small.
But they won’t be building and battling alone… for the first time at Dreamland, the online gaming phenomenon Fortnite will be pulling into the park on the iconic Razer Gaming Bus and running tournaments throughout the event.
MineVention celebrates all things Minecraft through scheduled activities such as build battles, Q&A sessions, tournaments, educational talks, arts and crafts session, costume contests and on-stage challenges.
Popular Minecraft YouTubers Element Animation, TycerX and FalseSymmetry (with nearly 3 million subscribers between them) will also be available meet and greet sessions, and there will be plenty of brain-fizzling activities for Minecraft fans of all ages to get stuck into.
Fortnite fans can take part in one of the 16-player Battle Royale tournaments on the bus, with nearly 200 players aboard per four-hour session. The winner of each session will be rewarded with V-Bucks, the in-game currency used to buy skins, weapons and more. So if you think you have what it takes, head to MineVention!
Guinness World Record Attempt
On Saturday (9th March) at 1pm, MineVention will try and break their own record of assembling 337 Minecraft ‘Steves’ in one place. Guests are encouraged to help break the record by bringing and wearing the following:
A large pixelated square head with dark brown hair and blue eyes (can be handmade or purchased) A light blue t-shirt (untucked on the left and back) A pair of light blue jeans A Minecraft prop (can be handmade or purchased) Tickets for MineVention are £15 (+ booking fee) per person, per four hour session. Sessions run from 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 6pm (morning and afternoon sessions have the same content).
In addition, Sunday morning session (9am to 1pm) will be autism-friendly to create a more relaxed and sensitive environment for families with children with autism. The session content will be the same but with a reduced capacity, no unnecessary loud-speaker announcements, no loud music and reduced lighting.
The event is open to all ages (children aged 3 and under go free), and all children 14 and under must be accompanied by a paying adult (18+).
In addition, Dreamland’s indoor spaces including The Roller Room and diner, indoor arcade, and Octopus’s Garden soft play centre will also be open for families to enjoy.
To book your tickets, please visit www.dreamland.co.uk
