Mojang News, Tips, Tricks & Ideas

A Minecraft player accidentally created a neat trash can design with just two items. Minecraft players use the game's resources with immense creativity to build the most impressive bases. This creativity also extends to the inside of Minecraft players' homes, where they regularly invent items that don't officially exist in the game.

Gamers all over the world will likely recognize the cake from Minecraft, and while they're certainly not the first to do it, one fan of the game has brought the game's cake to life by baking it in the real world. Minecraft's cake is just one example of the dozens upon dozens of food options available to survival mode players, though it stands out as a food item that can be placed as a block in the world — making it just as useful a decorative item to spruce up a home as it is a method of keeping the hunger bar full.

Blizzard is currently recruiting a dozen members of staff to work on an unannounced game.

Armadillos, the grumpy pistachio nuts of the animal kingdom, have been added to Minecraft in a recent mob update. You can brush them to harvest "scutes", the boney armour plating of the animal's back, which you can then use to craft armour for pet wolves. Speaking of wolves, this update also sees an explosion in canine diversity, with eight varieties of the wolf now appearing across different biomes. Awoooooo!

Microsoft has “let Blizzard be Blizzard” following its acquisition of the studio last year.

Minecraft has released a new Kung Fu Panda DLC, bringing players content based on the popular DreamWorks franchise. Minecraft has a significant history of collaborations with famous pop culture names that got the blocky treatment. The DLC released by Mojang includes Minecraft collaborations with other games and names outside the gaming world.

Xbox recently showcased four upcoming indie titles set to release as part of its ID@Xbox programme.

As a game built around the very spirit of creativity, it's not surprising that the Minecraft community frequently shows off some incredible creations, though one project recently shared by a talented fan presents what Minecraft itself might look like if it was a fully 2D side-scrolling game instead of the huge 3D sandbox it's known as. Various fan games inspired by Minecraft in the past have taken the form of such a 2D game, and even some official artwork for the game pays homage to this classic 2D style.

A Minecraft player has shared a bizarre theory about the origin of the villagers, as they claim they are mushrooms. Minecraft is a game whose main target is children, but the sandbox surprises with its surprisingly deep lore. Part of this is due to the theories that Minecraft players have created over the years about characters, items, and objects.

Sony has revealed the three games that will be free for all PlayStation Plus subscribers in the month of May, and a couple of notable names are on the list. For starters, there’s Immortals of Aveum (for PS5 users only), Ascendant Studios’ single player magic FPS. CEO Bret Robins said in November last year that the game would eventually be coming to subscription services, and here it is. Now to see if it also launches for Game Pass.

A Minecraft fan has built a massive medieval city in the game that is a great showcase of the game's diverse building mechanics. When it comes to Minecraft, building is at the heart of the game, and this medieval city demonstrates just how detailed players are able to get.

Microsoft is warning players against downloading the latest update through the Xbox app on PC as doing so can delete worlds. The publisher has offered a workaround that players need to do before installing the update. This will help them to avoid the update error, along with the loss of all of their hard work.

Players frequently share their unique Minecraft builds with the community, including one fan of The Lord of the Rings who made an in-game recreation of Rivendell. Lord of the Rings builds in Minecraft have proven popular with gaming and Tolkien fans, and this particular build has already received praise from both communities.

If you have been playing Minecraft for the last decade or so and been thinking, 'I really enjoy this game, but I wish they would change up the wolves up a bit', then I have good news: Eight new wolf variations are coming to Minecraft, first via the Bedrock Edition beta and preview builds and Minecraft: Java Edition's latest snapshot.

A Minecraft player has discovered that it takes 19 Armored Wolves to defeat a Warden. The Warden is one of the strongest Minecraft mobs as it can deal and withstand massive damage, but this gamer has a trick to defeating one without having to attack it themselves.

A player has built a stunning homage to the Pokemon franchise's Prism Tower within their Minecraft world, re-creating the iconic landmark within the sandbox game. The beloved game from Mojang and Microsoft has hosted plenty of homages to fan-favorite game franchises, re-creating iconic scenes and locations in their in-game worlds. Fans have created locations like Goldenrod City within Minecraft and even brought the mechanics of Pokemon into the game through mods. Now, one fan has crafted a stunning re-creation of the Kalos region's Prism Tower.

Many builds created by Minecraft players come in the form of houses, and one dedicated building enthusiast has created an impressive «log mansion» build and shared it with the community in the hopes of inspiring similar cozy construction projects. Even though Minecraft has been around for well over a decade now, players are constantly bringing beautiful new creations to life thanks to the boundless potential the sandbox game provides.

A Minecraft player has spent 100 hours recreating the Allegiant Stadium in celebration of Super Bowl 58. Super Bowl 58 is set to take place on February 11, but this Minecraft fan has taken multiple play sessions to create the arena that it takes place in.

Blackbird Interactive and Gearbox Publishing have delayed Homeworld 3 for a fourth time.

A Minecraft player online has shared strange footage of a glitch that appears to periodically turn their world into a Barbie land. Short of an official Barbie crossover for Minecraft, this bug is the next best thing at the moment.

A Minecraft player is showing off their new castle online, and fans are blown away by the results. The sandbox building game from developer Mojang Studios has been delighting gamers and inspiring lovers of design and architecture for over a decade with no sign of losing its popularity. Minecraft developed a passionate community by offering an incredible degree of freedom, and players have continued to take advantage of this to build astounding creations.

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.

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox

Minecraft has been trucking away since its first release back in 2009, delighting fans and inspiring developers ever since. Now, Mojang Studios has announced that the voxel-based survival game has now surpassed 300 million copies sold.

On the run-up to Minecraft Live, the 2023 mob vote is slowly being teased to us. The first mob was revealed to be the crab, and now they’ve teased their second mob in the lineup. The armadillo. Is this better than the crab?

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.

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.