Minecraft

Minecraft Dungeons has amassed 25 million players since its launch in 2020, which Mojang was happy to praise in a blog post. But, despite its large player base, it has been confirmed that no further content for the game is planned. 

Five years after its initial unveiling, developer Mojang has confirmed development on Minecraft Dungeons has reached its end, and that the game's 1.17 update — which released ten months ago, back in November 2023 — will be its last.

The Minecraft brand’s versatility means there’s no shortage of different kinds of gaming experiences it can provide, and we got a taste of that with the launch of dungeon crawling action RPG Minecraft Dungeons with its launch in 2020. Over three years on from its release though, support for the game is ending.

Minecraft Dungeons might not be Microsoft’s biggest or most high-profile release, but the dungeon crawling action RPG spinoff has, nonetheless, managed to attract a healthy player base.

is the latest in a list of major crossovers, and the new DLC brings a variety of iconic elements from the tabletop roleplaying game with it. Improving equipment, fighting monsters, and journeying through dangerous caves have long been a major part of, making some core gameplay tenets of feel like natural additions. The DLC doubles down on elements of roleplaying progression and channels them into classic tabletop avenues, with the inclusion of four classes particularly serving to set it apart from the typical experience.

Minecraft Mob Vote 2023 is around the corner, and it seems like Mojang is teasing that duck mobs might finally be on the cards. Whether it is or not, plenty of fans are getting excited at the possibility of quacks dominating the overworld, in whatever form they take.

A special new batch of Minecraft DLC will arrive at the perfect time for those suddenly eager for more experiences like Baldur’s Gate 3. In partnership with Everbloom Games and Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast, Minecraft’s Dungeons & Dragons DLC is a story-driven action-adventure that merges the world of D&D with the iconic blocks of Minecraft. Not only does the DLC include locations and monsters from the game’s primary 5th edition setting, the Forgotten Realms, but it also introduces a whole range of role-playing mechanics – a class system, stats, and dice-based combat – in order to truly capture the D&D feeling for Minecraft.

YourMinecraft account could be lost forever if you don’t take action right now, as the iconic Mojang building game finally completes the long-running transition to Microsoft accounts. If you want to keep playing, and enjoying all those fantastic Minecraft seeds, the deadline to update your account is fast approaching. We have all the details on Minecraft account migration below, so make sure you don’t miss out.

Speedruns in can be difficult without using the best world seeds to generate the resources you will need to reach the Ender Dragon faster than anyone else. The right seed could let you have the right Stronghold close to your spawn or be close to starting equipment without having to mine for it. The 1.20 update has included even more unique environments that may help you get to the credits fast.

While it might not be everyone’s cup of tea, it’s tough to deny the unbridled success of Minecraft. It’s even available on Xbox Game Pass for anyone who has yet to try out the behemoth sandbox game. Along with this enormous success comes Minecraft Live, and Mojang has just announced this year’s event.

Minecraft Live 2023 is right around the corner, and there's a lot planned for this year's livestream, including the iconic mob vote. 

Every year, Mojang Studios hosts its Minecraft Live event where it reveals information about the next major update, introduces new features, shares news around the community and creators, and more. But the highlight of the event is always the mob vote. For the unaware, mob vote is an annual event by the developers where players can vote for one of three new mobs, and the winner gets added to the game with the major update. This year's event has finally been confirmed and you can soon vote for your favorite mob. With so much power in your hands, you need to know all the details around Minecraft Live 2023, including when and where to watch it online.

Minecraft Live 2023 will take place on 15th October, Mojang have announced, and it'll bring both details on the game's future - in particular, the forthcoming Minecraft 1.21 update - and yet another Mob Vote, aka pitched battle between various groups of players over which cute or alarming block monster gets added to the game next.

Minecraft Live 2023 has been confirmed for October, and the devs at Mojang are already promising details on the 1.21 update and another mob vote that's sure to tear the community apart.

Mojang's annual livestream celebration of Minecraft, the appropriately titled Minecraft Live, is returning on Sunday, 15th October, with the promise of news, future teases, and — as is now customary — another vote to decide on a new mob for the game.

In the vast and immersive world of Minecraft, every landscape created through random generation holds untapped potential, waiting to be discovered by others. Through the utilization of a world’s unique seed, players can replicate these generated environments, offering an opportunity to explore alternate realities that they might otherwise miss. This feature allows for the preservation and sharing of meticulously crafted settings, ensuring that no world-building effort goes unnoticed. Some seeds possess exceptional qualities, providing an abundance of valuable resources or granting access to powerful items from the very beginning. If you are an avid PlayStation 4 player, these carefully selected best PS4 Minecraft seeds present captivating realms that are truly worth exploring and delighting in.

Are Starfield's planets continuous spaces? Are they just collections of sealed-off maps that fake the presence of landmarks such as named cities beyond their invisible boundaries? I just don't even know any more, but modders are looking into it. One intrepid soul, Draspian, has tinkered with the code to disable said invisible boundaries, and in the process, revealed that planetary maps do, in fact, join together, though as you might be expecting, Starfield doesn't take kindly to being treated this way.

Microsoft has claimed that recent ratings board listings for an Xbox Series X|S version of Minecraft are “not indicative” of plans to release a current-gen version of the game.

A new version of Minecraft for Xbox Series X/S consoles is on the way.

Shortly after first being spotted on Germany’s game ratings website, Minecraft for Xbox Series X/S has now been rated by the US Entertainment Software Ratings Board. The rating indicates that a current-gen release for Minecraft might be closer than we expect.

Further evidence suggesting Microsoft is preparing to release a native Xbox Series X/S version of Minecraft has emerged.

I mean, sometimes the whole story really is in the headline. OpenAI, the software company best-known for the various iterations of its ChatGPT text generator, has announced the acquisition of Global Illumination (GI), which describes itself as «a digital product company based in New York most recently working on Biomes.»

The thrilling experience of Minecraft Survivor mode is what many players seek and enjoy. Surviving in its daunting world can be a tough challenge, even for the game’s veterans. Although monsters add another dimension to the gameplay experience, many might want to enjoy the game without them. While the vanilla game doesn’t offer an option to remove monsters completely, you can achieve a monster-free survival experience by using certain mods or adjusting game settings. Hence, we’re listing the best mods and tips for playing Minecraft survival without monsters.

OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, just acquired a company making an massively-mulitplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that looks a lot like Minecraft.

Minecraft seems to be on the way to getting an update to support modern features on current-gen consoles. As caught by VideoGamesChronicle, Minecraft was classified for release on Xbox Series X/S in Germany.

Minecraft is quite the iconic game. I’m sure we don’t have to tell you about it as it’s quickly captivated so many players worldwide. While it’s still a big hit today with fans, you might not know that the Xbox Series X/S version of the game is actually just the Xbox One copy. Played through backward compatibility, those on the latest-generation platforms might soon find that the game will have another release. That’s according to a new classification that was uncovered in Germany.

It looks like Microsoft could be gearing up to release a native Xbox Series X/S version of Minecraft.

There are also a lot other new features being introduced too.

If you fancy telling your own Star Wars-themed story, you’re in luck, as there is a brand-new mod for Minecraft that adds all the characters from the original trilogy, several planets as biomes, and even allows you to create a custom lightsaber. So if you’ve ever wished to play in your own Star Wars sandbox game while also having the familiar gameplay mechanics from Minecraft, this Minecraft mod is possibly the best way to live that dream.

Streamer RTGame and his community have completed a map of 'New Earth' in Minecraft after three years of construction. The map is built on a 1:4000 scale of the Earth, meaning it horizontally spans about 10km or 10,000 blocks in-game.

Minecraft obviously isn't the most graphically demanding game out there, and it's often brought up as an example whenever someone is arguing about the everlasting graphics versus gameplay debate. That doesn't mean its fans don't want it to look the best that it possibly can though, and the game's latest preview build has added a bunch of new tools that will let you customize certain graphics options such as lighting, shadows, and a whole lot more.

Minecraft snapshot 23w13a is out now, and makes a dramatic change to the ultimate sandbox game, altering how diamond ore appears in the deepest parts of the world. Learning how to find Minecraft diamonds is one of the most instrumental parts of any Minecraft player’s learning experience, so a change to that is quite exciting – and it’s good news. There are also updates to Librarians and Wandering Traders, so read on for the full details.

Minecraft and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a pairing you’ve probably seen before, but now it’s finally official thanks to a new DLC Minecraft map that puts you in the shoes of the most radical dudes around. This Minecraft TMNT DLC is an awesome adventure that lets you pick from the various pizza-munching turtles and go on an adventure to take down Foot Clan. With skateboards, the crew’s iconic weapons, and a fantastic soundtrack, you’ll want to jump into one of the best co-op games with your mates to take down Shredder.

An apparent Minecraft RCE hack is currently taking place, impacting servers that run certain mods in the sandbox game, putting you in danger of getting hacked if you play in servers with them enabled. While the extent of the supposed hack remains unclear, many in the Minecraft community are issuing warnings to players.

You might want to run antivirus tools if you use certain Minecraft mods. The MMPA security community has learned that hackers are exploiting a "BleedingPipe" flaw in the Forge framework powering numerous mods, including some versions of Astral Sorcery, EnderCore and Gadomancy. If one of the game tweaks is running on Forge 1.7.10/1.12.2, intruders can remotely control both servers and gamers' devices. In one case, an attacker was using a new exploit variant to breach a Minecraft server and steal both Discord chatters' credentials as well as players' Steam session cookies.

Minecraft server admins better lock up their Echo Shards because this newsroom is about to get deep and dark. According to the Minecraft Malware Prevention Alliance (MMPA)—yep, that's a thing—users have spotted a vulnerability affecting a whole lot of Minecraft servers, citing many popular mods able to be exploited by hackers looking to take over players' machines.

The Minecraft website has been around as long as the sandbox game itself and, like the game, it’s gone through quite a few iterations. So we decided to take a look at how the website has changed, and it’s a fascinating glimpse at how quickly both Minecraft and the internet especially have changed in a short period of time.

One of the best ways to get stronger, loot faster, and look cooler in Minecraft is to enchant your items. Before you can think about doing that, you’ll need to craft an Enchanting Table. In a new Minecraft survival file, getting the necessary items to build an Enchanting Table is often one of the players’ main goals, as it makes it easier to take out some of the late-game challenges that they’re going to face.

If you're looking for a new survival crafting game to jump into with a pile of your friends, we just got a peek at what could become your next destination. Codename: Islands (a working title as you might guess) is a 16-player survival crafting game inspired by Minecraft, Valheim, and Terraria, being described as «100%» cooperative by its developers: several veterans of Riot Games, now part of the team at Treehouse Games.

Multiple former Riot Games executives have finally shown off their new game, Project: Islands, which wants to enter the co-op survival game space and rival the likes of Minecraft and Valheim. With both pre-alpha images and a teaser trailer, you can see what the ex-Riot staffers have got coking.

Crossplay is available for Minecraft players on any console, but it does come with some limitations. Console players can typically only connect to sponsored servers, Minecraft realms, or by connecting to games created by people on their friend list.

After seeing the massive, three-tiered world of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, it’s easy to forget that Breath of the Wild’s map was once considered massive in both breadth and detail. When the game first came out in 2017, players spent hundreds of hours combing its nooks and crannies, and were still making incredible discoveries years later.