Minecraft

A Minecraft player has created an oil painting of their game's world, highlighting their talent both inside and outside the game. The Minecraft illustration and the world alike have impressed many other players.

Minecraft's long-in-the-works movie adaptation continues to pick up steam, with the news White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge has now joined its cast.

GTA 6's debut trailer quickly overtook the likes of Red Dead Redemption 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 but has now overtaken Minecraft to become the second most-watched video game trailer of all time. The GTA 6 trailer is still far from the top spot though, which is held by a rather surprising title.

Still the gaming behemoth it’s been since it was released over twelve years ago, Minecraft continues to sell in droves. Much of that is its mass appeal of allowing near-infinite build potential. But the recent release of the Planet Earth III DLC probably isn’t hurting things, either.

If you own a copy of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition or Minecraft: Education Edition, you can now grab a free expansion pack based on the BBC's Planet Earth III. Much like the previous Frozen Planet II experience, this new wildlife documentary DLC lets players explore five scenarios through the lens of animals — arctic wolves, ocelots, musk oxen, leopards, Cape fur seals, great white sharks, impalas and more.

Whether we want to admit it or not, now that there has been a string of video game adaptation successes in both the movie and TV scape, there are going to be legions more made based on some of the most popular and best-selling franchises in the world. Why? Because since a certain film with Mario made a billion dollars, and the tale of Joel and Ellie was nominated for dozens of awards, people “up top” want to see how much they can bank on this. And that brings us to the Minecraft Movie, which is absolutely something that is being made right now.

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Mojang Studios has partnered with BBC for a brand-new Minecraft Education world inspired by Planet Earth 3.

The director of Warner Bros' upcoming Minecraft film adaptation wants to avoid any kind of fan reaction akin to that 'Ugly Sonic' reveal.

A Minecraft Redstone expert has made a working version of Guitar Hero in the game. Except for Fortnite Festival, Guitar Hero-style games have been largely lost to time, but Redstone can provide Minecraft fans with a way of playing songs in the Mojang game.

A creative Minecraft player has come up with a clever idea to make pizza in the game using frogspawn. Their innovation was shared within the Minecraft community.

A Minecraft modder has used redstone to create a playable version of the iconic game Minesweeper. Redstone is used to make all kinds of Minecraft contraptions, from automated doors and elevators to more complex ones.

A part of the world of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask has been reimagined in Minecraft, as one player has meticulously built Clock Town. While this Minecraft build has a more blocky appearance, it recreates many iconic areas from the ill-fated town from one of the darker Legend of Zelda games in the series.

Minecraft Legends will not receive anymore content or development updates following the release of the Lost Legend: Snow vs Snouts, Mojang has announced. This means that there will be no further Lost Legends, nor any more updates to the Marketplace. All the Lost Legends will remain free to download, and a final freebie to be given to all players is the Bright-Eyed Hero skin.

The Minecraft Legends team published a new blog post announcing the end of the game’s development just nine months after it launched in April 2023.

Minecraft Legends has ended active development.

Development on Minecraft Legends will be drawing to a close shortly, but that doesn't mean the fun stops entirely.

Minecraft Legends will not receive anymore content or development updates following the release of the Lost Legend: Snow vs Snouts, Mojang has announced. This means that there will be no further Lost Legends, nor any more updates to the Marketplace. All the Lost Legends will remain free to download, and a final freebie to be given to all players is the Bright-Eyed Hero skin.

Minecraft Legends, the real-time strategy spin-off from the blocky survival game, is bringing an end to its post-release content additions with one final update later this month. The endcap to Legends comes nine months after its release.

Minecraft Legends was released in April last year, and while it didn't blow anyone away, it was a neat little strategy game that complimented the Minecraft series fairly well by offering a different experience for longtime fans. However, it seems as though it may not have had the staying power that Mojang wanted it to have, as the studio has announced that the title won't be getting any more content updates after less than a year on store shelves.

Mojang and developer Blackbird Interactive have officially brought development on Minecraft Legends to a end today with one final content update, wrapping up a little under nine months of post-launch support for the real-time strategy spin-off.

Development of Mojang Legends is ending, Mojang has announced.

Mojang has announced the end of development on Minecraft Legends less than a year after the game came out.

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Less than a year after its launch, Minecraft Legends won’t receive any more new content. This includes upgrades, Marketplace DLC and Lost Legends. The final Lost Legend, Snow vs Snouts, will go live later this month.

One streamer spent 200 hours beating an absurd, hyper-difficult variant of Minecraft's most popular challenge, only to have the crowning achievement rendered meaningless by an update that landed just a week after it was all done.

Given that it first launched back in 2011, it’s something of a surprise that Minecraft is still as popular as it is. If you’ve never played the blocky game before and are looking to know where to start, you’re in the right place. Here’s how to play Minecraft.

The 1.20 update for introduces one of the best new regions to generate with a seed — the Cherry Blossom biome. These lush, pink forests are beautiful landscapes offering unique wood types and several distinct mobs you wouldn't find anywhere else in your world. These Cherry Groves are the perfect place to build a home or explore hidden structures.

Diamonds are the strongest and rarest resource to have in , and since it is used for crafting numerous tools, it's best to have as many in hand as possible. Diamonds are also considered the standard currency in several multiplayer servers, so using them to trade for Mending books or other items can save you a lot of time. Therefore, it is crucial to know where you can mine Diamonds efficiently.

Looks like Jack Black just can't keep away from those videogame movie adaptations, because he's the latest star to be cast in the live action Minecraft movie.

In an age of successful movies based on video game characters like Mario, Sonic, and Nathan Drake, it was perhaps inevitable that we would get a Minecraft movie starring Jack Black as unassuming player-insert Steve. The actor confirmed the casting on Instagram in a suitably silly style; the film is targeting a 2025 release.

Actor Jack Black has joined the cast of Warner Bros and Legendary's "Minecraft", a live-action movie based on the popular video game from the studio. Black joins "Aquaman" star Jason Momoa as well as actors Emma Myers and Danielle Brooks in the project, which will be directed by Jared Hess of ”Napoleon Dynamite” fame, reported entertainment news outlet Variety.

Jack Black will join the cast of the upcoming Minecraft movie, according to a new report over at Deadline. No plot details on the film are currently available, but the report suggests Black will play the role of Steve.

Jack Black has joined the cast of the in-development live-action Minecraft movie. Rumors about this casting popped up yesterday, January 2, with Deadline reporting that Black would play Steve (the Minecraft guy with the teal shirt and blue pants). Notably, Black starred as the villainous Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie last year, giving us the instant-classic «Peaches,» too. 

Jack Black is reportedly set to take on the role of Minecraft's Steve in the upcoming film adaptation.

Jack Black is playing Steve in the live-action Minecraft movie – and we're not kidding.

Another big name has joined the cast of, with Kung Fu Panda star Jack Black being the latest addition.

Jack Black is set to star in yet another big video game movie adaptation, as it's being reported that the actor will play Steve in the upcoming Minecraft movie.

Actor-musician Jack Black continues to be Hollywood’s go-to guy for video game roles: He’ll play Steve in the upcoming Minecraft movie, according to reports from Deadline and Variety. Black joins actors Jason Momoa (Aquaman), Danielle Brooks (Peacemaker), and Emma Myers (Wednesday) in the live-action adaptation of Mojang’s massive sandbox game.

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It's fair to say, in a game with endless customisation, that we quickly become bored of poor ol' Steve and want look a bit more unique. You can achieve this by trying out the best Minecraft skins you can download in the game right now.

allows for an endless expression of creativity in both Survival Mode and Creative Mode. This sandbox of tools and materials has led to the creation of truly incredible builds that require no shortage of bravery to attempt recreating. While Creative Mode removes the dangers found in Survival Mode, it doesn't diminish the amount of time, effort, dedication, and attention to detail displayed in this set of epic builds.

I've never been to Universal Studios in Hollywood, but I have been to the Universal Studios Theme Park in Florida. It was so long ago that the Jaws ride was still around, and my main memory from it is the overwhelming stench of petrol from all the very real flames that surrounded the ride.

For players on Nintendo Switch, seeds are a great way to generate new scenic and resource-rich worlds. The Trails and Tales update added new content to the game, but at its heart, is still very much the same game it’s always been. To generate its infinite worlds, relies on seeds: essentially random numbers used for world generation. Sharing seeds allows players to share their favorite custom worlds.

After two years of recreating Bloodborne in Minecraft, one modder says the project is "getting there."

NVIDIA just announced the latest round of additions to the GeForce NOW cloud library for the current week. The list of 13 PC games is led by Microsoft's Forza Horizon 4 & 5 and Minecraft Dungeons.

Minecraft is finally playable in 4K on Xbox Series X and S after developer Mojang released a preview build of the upcoming 1.20.60.23 update.

This 1-in-500 million Minecraft world is definitely not where you want to be. 

Wednesday actor Emma Myers is all set to join Jason Momoa in the upcoming live-action Minecraft movie but, with filming just weeks away, everything else surrounding the production is surprisingly hush-hush.

What if Minecraft, but plastic? And in Fortnite? Gaming is weird nowadays, isn't it?

Fortnite’s much-touted crossover with Lego is almost upon us - and it’s showing off a pretty darn impressive transformation. Lego Fortnite won’t just add a few minifig skins or some blocky guns, but a completely new co-op survival and crafting game mode with more than a touch of Minecraft about it.

Farms for XP in help you level up to apply enchantments to your weapons and armor as you take on more significant challenges in your world. Any contraption that builds experience will also drop valuable resources that could be used in other projects. Multiple places that generate XP for you will help reduce time spent hunting for experience and automate the process to make leveling up less tedious.

As the winter months approach, some of the best seeds you can use in for you or your friends create snowy worlds covered in icy biomes. From pristine taigas to frozen oceans, you could explore tons of delightfully cold places in a brand-new sandbox. Some rare landscapes and structures can also provide the resources you need to survive the harsher environments in snowy worlds.

Finding Iron in 1.20 isn't particularly tricky, as Iron Ore is abundant at various levels. However, generates worlds and resources in a way that makes targeted resource mining viable. Players searching for vast quantities of Iron and Iron Ore should target specific Y Levels, focusing on areas below ground, to maximize their resource gain.

The Minecraft movie is adding more stars to its lineup. Peacemaker star Danielle Brooks, according to Deadline, has been cast in the live-action adaptation in an unknown role, as well as Sebastian Eugene Hansen.

The devs behind Hytale, the long-awaited spiritual successor to Minecraft, have just posted a new development update suggesting that the game is still in the prototyping and engine development phase of production. After 8 years in development, many fans aren't seeing this level of progress as a good sign.

The constant attention to resource management in can be made far easier when you build the best farms to automate the collection of certain materials. The sheer amount of items you have to keep track of can be overwhelming, especially as you discover new biomes throughout your sandbox world. A farm could take away the stress of material hunting while you focus on other important tasks.

It matters where you start in a mode that only lets you get away with one death. Hardcore Survival Mode takes all the cozy, comfortable, low-blood pressure-inducing things about Minecraft and throws them out the nearest window.

A branch of Japan's government has used Minecraft to demonstrate how it plans to build a real-world dam.

If you’re after a mighty steed to roam the blocky expanse with, you’ll be wanting to learn how to breed horses in Minecraft.

If you’ve been playing Minecraft for a long time, you know that Enchantments are pretty useful, albeit semi-permanent. When you waltz up to an enchanting table, the luck of the draw is one you’re stuck with. So, what are you expected to do when you get Thorns on your Diamond Armor?

Black Friday is bringing Lego Minecraft sets to their lowest prices ever, so be sure to check them out before they're gone.

While a little bit of contention is a good thing, the divisive Mob Vote in Minecraft has led to serious player outrage. Even after the voting has ended, social media hotspots like Twitter and Reddit are still debating the validity (and importance) of the mob that won the 2023 election: the Armadillo.

Minecraft is a world all about mining materials and crafting the weird, the wonderful and pretty much anything else your imagination can think of. How about a saddle?

Magic's Lost Caverns of Ixalan set is a return to the dinosaur-hunted jungles of Ixalan, but it's also a return to a theme Magic has tinkered with before: the world underground. As head designer Mark Rosewater mentioned in his Making Magic column, the dungeon cards from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms presented one angle on underground exploration in card form, but The Lost Caverns of Ixalan tackles another, one with more of a focus on «resource acquisition and the building/upgrading of items.» To say the quiet part out loud: it's loosely inspired by Minecraft.

If you have green fingers from gardening in Minecraft then you'll no doubt be familiar with all things horticultural in the game, but for those who aren't – we've got how to craft a composter in Minecraft and how to use one explained.

New Minecraft updates introduce fresh blocks for building and creating bases. Blocks associated with Copper and Tuff are novel additions to the game, promising expanded applications and enhanced aesthetics.

Minecraft reigns supreme when it comes to customization. Across all versions, you have the freedom to upload virtually any skin you desire, transforming your character into anyone you can imagine – whether it’s Markiplier or a wizard version of Steve.

Just a quick one before I clock off for the day: you would not believe what the kids are up to in Minecraft right now. Well, you probably would, because it's Minecraft, the sandbox building sim that contains all possibility and all human endeavour, with the exception of good PvP mechanics, yes I went there.

The Sniffler is a brand-new passive mob introduced in 1.20 that is quite rare to come by. For each major update, fans are asked to vote for a new creature to be added to the game. The 2022 mob vote ended with a landslide victory for the Sniffler. This towering, friendly creature looks like a yak with grass covering its back. Unlike other passive mobs, such as chickens or pigs, the Sniffler does not naturally spawn in

Yoda's involvement in the original trilogy may have been short and sweet, but the upcoming DLC could be set to offer up some quality time with the wizened Jedi. This isn't the first collaboration between Mojang's sandbox game and a galaxy far, far away, with a previous mash-up pack focusing on settings and characters from the original trilogy and the Disney+ series sets its sights on the prequels instead, diving headfirst into the last days of the Republic for a proper gameplay experience.

The Trial Spawner is a new type of challenge for you to pursue in Minecraft, for anyone who wants to hunt down a Trial Chamber. When you get close to a Trial Spawner, the item activates and begins to send angry mobs to fight against you, with plenty of rewards.

A new update from Minecraft HQ might grab your attention if you’re the kind of person daunted by the Minecraft server browser. The official Minecraft server list just dropped and promises to make the process a little less intimidating… and arguably safer for those involved.

Minecraft Bedrock, unlike the Java version, does not have as many opportunities for customizations. However, where there is a will, there is a way, and getting a cape in the Bedrock edition is not impossible.

A technical analysis of the graphics rendering in Cities: Skylines 2 has identified the reason why the performance is just so poor. Put simply, the game is trying to draw the cityscapes using a shocking number of polygons, with few systems in place to reduce the amount when it's not needed. It's not something that should be happening in a modern game but the recent breakdown also suggests changes within Unity are partly to blame, too.

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About five months ago a "cozy survival game" inspired by Stardew Valley and Minecraft stole my heart, and it's since smashed its initial Kickstarter goal 10 times over.

Varun Thvar wants to educate people about how they can get treatment for insomnia. That isn’t news, but Thvar is a 16-year-old student who has a unique approach to the problem: video games.

You can save $113 on this Minecraft Creeper mini fridge that's special, so freakin' special.