Lego appears to be building a ‘Minecraft’ competitor

Lego appears to be building a ‘Minecraft’ competitor

by | May 30, 2015 | Minecraft News | 0 comments

Lego Worlds

Lego’s new Amiibo-like Dimensions figures haven’t even hit stores yet, but already the company appears to be taking on another gaming phenomenon: Minecraft. The world’s biggest toy brand has begun including small flyers inside some of its sets advertising a new game called Lego Worlds, inviting players to “Explore. Discover. Create.” Sounds exactly like the premise of Mojang’s popular sandbox game, doesn’t it? Lego may have gotten a little ahead of itself as the dedicated website for Worlds has yet to go live, but something tells us we might learn more about this mysterious title when E3 comes around next month.

Lego appears to be building a ‘Minecraft’ competitor

How Big is Minecraft? Really, Really, Really Big

How Big is Minecraft? Really, Really, Really Big

by | May 29, 2015 | Minecraft News | 0 comments

minecraft-rap-137044What’s, like, the biggest thing on Earth? Well, Godzilla is big. And it’s a scientific fact that his femur is 33 meters long. Bucket wheel excavators used in mining operations, those are crazy giant too. The biggest man-made building (by volume) is Boeing’s plant in Everett, Washington. That’s totally ginormous. Let’s call it the biggest structure on Earth. (Or you can go with the Great Wall of China for the longest, or some skyscraper in Dubai for the tallest. Up to you.) But compared to Minecraft, those things are…well, they’re piddly.

How about planets. Planets are big, like really huge, right? Take Earth. 500 million square kilometers, which is a lot. Until you learn that Minecraft has a surface area of Four. Billion. Square. Kilometers.

Which kind of makes the biggest thing on Earth a thing that doesn’t even really exist. To find out how huge Minecraft is, in terms of users, money, population, and sheer (digital) size, watch the video.

How Big is Minecraft? Really, Really, Really Big

Download Minecraft Patch 1.8.5 to Fix Some Security Issues

Download Minecraft Patch 1.8.5 to Fix Some Security Issues

by | May 25, 2015 | Minecraft News | 0 comments

The latest update also fixes some other general bugs

It’s been a little bit over a month since Mojang released the latest patch for Minecraft, which, in fact, addressed a security issue introduced by a previous update.

For those of you unaware, patch 1.8 added a vulnerability that would allow players to remotely crash servers. The security flaw was discovered and reported by a programmer, and Mojang took care of it quite fast by delivering patch 1.8.4.

Today, another security patch has been released by Mojang, and it addresses more issues found and reported by Minecraft players.

First of all, Mojang has confirmed that this patch is fully compatible with all previous 1.8 versions, including 1.8.4 that was delivered a month ago. Here is the full changelog for Minecraft 1.8.5 patch:

– [Bug MC-79632] – Phantom Custom Player in Scoreboard / UUIDs of non-player entities on scoreboards truncated after relog;

– [Bug MC-75630] – Exploit with signs and command blocks;

– [Bug MC-80478] – Better server validation for movement packets;

– [Bug MC-80479] – Invalid beacon effects are not validated;

– [Bug MC-80480] – Certain attribute values are not bound.

Mojang highly recommends players to download this security patch

If you’re afraid that this patch might bring more problems for Minecraft, then you should stop worrying, as Mojang highly recommends players to update to 1.8.5 as soon as possible.

That makes perfect sense since this is a security release, which is meant to patch up some security flaws that either developers or players found in Minecraft.

Obviously, should you find any more issues after upgrading to version 1.8.5, then you should definitely report them using the Minecraft issue tracker.

Keep in mind that Minecraft 1.8.5 patch is available for download in your launcher. Still, feel free to download the .jar file manually if that’s what you want.

Download Minecraft Patch 1.8.5 to Fix Some Security Issues

Batman Vs. Bane And Joker Minecraft Rap Battle

Batman Vs. Bane And Joker Minecraft Rap Battle

by | May 25, 2015 | Minecraft News | 0 comments

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There’s always one strong alternative than to beat your opponents’ face in: epic rap battle!

Here, Youtuber MineplexOfficial painstakingly put together what looks to be the first of a new series “Minecraft Rap Battles”. The video stars Batman, with adversaries Joker and Bane going against eachother, slinging words. “This Minecraft music parody took me 15 hours to make,” MinePlex said in the video desciption, “but was so much fun, I want to do more!”

Liking/not liking the actual rap aside, taking 15 hours to make a three minute video is strong dedication, no matter how you look at it.

Batman Vs. Bane And Joker Minecraft Rap Battle

Video: Let’s Play P.T in Minecraft

Video: Let’s Play P.T in Minecraft

by | May 24, 2015 | Minecraft News | 0 comments

Still mourning over the loss of Silent Hills in between checking whether the PT demo is still playable on your console or not? Good news – even if PT’s scares have been relegated to the history books, there’s still a way to experience that infamous ‘L’ shaped corridor without forking out a couple of grand for a pre-installed PS4 on Ebay. Ian’s hunted down a fan-made homage in Minecraft, and it’s surprisingly eerie. It also contains squids, so there’s that. Enjoy!

Video: Let’s Play P.T in Minecraft

List of Minecraft Xbox One Updates for 2015

List of Minecraft Xbox One Updates for 2015

by | May 22, 2015 | Minecraft News | 0 comments

 

Microsoft and 4J Studios keeps making updates to Minecraft to ensure that the users have a great experience as they play as well as introduce new features.Here are some Minecraft Xbox One Updates for 2015:

The Simpsons add-on skins

4J Studios made a small update for Xbox One’s Minecraft. They however did not release patch notes for the alteration made. Users soon discovered that they could view The Simpsons add-on skins which are to be added in the forthcoming skin pack DLC.
An attempt at changing the current skin allows one to preview the Simpsons avatars; however, they are yet to be available for purchase. News on the skin packs began being reported in January 2015. The DLC will allow access to 24 new Minecraft avatar skins.

The skins were inspired by the Simpson family- Bart, Marge, Maggie and Homer.
The licensed Minecraft DLC was to be released by the end of February. 4J Studios is yet to confirm whether the add-on will be made on other platforms like PS3, 4 and Vita. Roger Carpenter from Microsoft Studios however expressed his desire to ensure that all Minecraft updates are made on all platforms.

Title Update 21

This update comes with play improvements and fixes bugs as well. This update follows the Title Update 20 which helped fix many bugs. However, 4J Studios realized that another update was needed for all bugs to be fixed. The problem may have emanated from the Title Update 19 which had 3 different packs. This resulted in many bugs and issues that needed to be fixed.

The Title Update 19 featured red stones, witches, horses and wither skeletons. It is after the release of the Title Update 19 that issues like horses appearing and disappearing began to be encountered. However, subsequent updates have resolved some of the issues, and even more will be resolved in future updates.

The Title update 20 also fixed the many crashes that were happening as well as the village generation issue. The Title Update 21 had more Redstone fixes, and increased the limit on the Minecart. To ensure the horses don’t disappear, keep them in an area that is fenced-off. Starting with an empty map comes in handy when crafting a map.

The issue regarding witch huts, where other mobs spawn in them after a reload was also fixed. After the Nether was reset, Blaze and Chests spawners disappeared from the location. This has been fixed by the 21 update, as well as the Minecraft traveling to Nether portals.

All in All

Updates are a crucial part of a great gaming experience. For 4J Studios to provide the ultimate gaming experience, these updates will keep rolling, as they not only improve the gaming experience, but also introduce more dynamic features. Title Update 22 is probably being prepared and it could fix even more problems. Better still, new features could be introduced in the game. Microsoft is striving to ensure that the Minecraft Updates for XBox One are available on all platforms. This is a great approach since all users will benefit from the updates in spite of the platform they are using.

List of Minecraft Xbox One Updates for 2015