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New Minecraft Skin Creation Toolkit Brings 3D Modeling to Pixel Art
A new skin creation toolkit for Minecraft, developed by Zeit709_ and integrating Blockbench's 3D modeling with the game's pixel art style, has been released. This tool aims to provide creators with professional-grade capabilities for designing character skins, potentially raising the quality and complexity of custom content within the Minecraft community.
Hytale devs hire Minecraft modders behind incredible Create mod, teasing that it "opens the door to automation and…
Hypixel Studios, the developer of Hytale, has hired the creators of the popular Minecraft mod 'Create' to join their core game design team. The modders will focus on improving Hytale's foundational mechanics, potentially leading to automation features inspired by their work in Minecraft. While the 'Create' mod for Minecraft will continue to be supported, its developers will now dedicate significant time to Hytale's development.
Minecraft's powerful new mob just arrived in Java, and I can't wait to see what players build
Mojang has released the Chaos Cubed update for Minecraft Java Edition, introducing the new Sulfur Cube mob and the Sulfur Caves biome. This update allows the Sulfur Cube to absorb nearby blocks, taking on properties based on the absorbed material, opening up possibilities for new minigames and player creations. The update also includes a rendering switch from OpenGL to Vulkan for compatible hardware.
Minecraft village features, loot, trades, and how to find them
This guide details Minecraft villages, essential structures for loot and villager trades. It covers how to find villages, the five different types (Plains, Desert, Savanna, Taiga, Snowy Taiga), and the rare abandoned variants. The article also explains how to build your own village, highlights important villager houses like the Blacksmith and Library, and details valuable villager trades, particularly focusing on obtaining emeralds from Fletchers and enchanted books from Librarians.
Sandbox RPG dev spends 5 years combining No Man's Sky with Minecraft in "voxel survival game where the world is a planet" in a solar system with "seamless" space travel, smashes Kickstarter goal in 3 hours
PlanetSmith, a sandbox RPG combining elements of No Man's Sky and Minecraft, has successfully surpassed its Kickstarter goal, raising over six times its target within three hours. Developed by Kenneth Ward under the pseudonym Incandescent Games, the game features procedurally generated spherical planets with seamless space travel and aims to offer a more engaging exploration experience than Minecraft. Alpha access is planned for April.
Reddit posts can be more important than data, and other lessons from maintaining Candy Crush as a forever game
Eva Ryott, King's head of live operations, discusses maintaining Candy Crush Saga as a 'forever game' by focusing on player needs and leveraging AI for content creation and workflow support. She highlights the importance of combining data-driven insights with innovation and listening to player feedback, even from platforms like Reddit, to keep the long-running mobile title engaging.
Dead By Daylight 2? No Way, We're Not Doing That, Dev Says
Behaviour Interactive, the developer of Dead by Daylight, has stated there are no plans for a numbered sequel to the live-service horror game. Creative director Dave Richard and head of partnerships Mathieu Cote explained that a sequel would not be fair to fans who have invested time and money into the current game. The studio is considering graphical updates to leverage new hardware, but acknowledges the challenges of leaving older players behind.
Minecraft creator Notch says 'DLSS fundamentally makes no sense', but the X comments say 'um,…
Minecraft creator Markus Persson, also known as Notch, expressed skepticism about Nvidia's DLSS and Frame Generation technologies, stating they 'fundamentally make no sense.' He argued that using the same hardware to run a neural network for frame generation is illogical when the graphics card is already struggling. The article also touches on the evolution of graphics technology, including AI's role in rendering.
Minecraft introduces Herdcraft, Mojang's latest annual joke update, and suddenly I'm a pseudo-summoner with a…
Mojang Studios has released its annual April Fool's joke update for Minecraft, dubbed 'Herdcraft.' This humorous patch humorously deletes the player's inventory, making in-game items appear in the world and requiring players to use leads to manage them, akin to herding animals.
Minecraft Hacks Away A Major Chunk Of The Game With New Playable April Fools' Joke
Mojang has released a playable April Fools' joke update for Minecraft: Java Edition called 'Herdcraft'. This update removes the inventory system, causing items to follow players like sheep, and alters combat by allowing players to command weapons. The joke update is available via snapshots in the Minecraft Launcher.
Minecraft Sulfur Cube: Everything you need to know about the game's newest multifunctional mob
Minecraft revealed the Sulfur Cube, a new multifunctional mob for the upcoming Chaos Cubed update, during Minecraft Live: Chaos Cubed. This cave-dwelling creature can consume blocks and adopt their attributes, offering unique gameplay possibilities. The Chaos Cubed update is anticipated to launch around mid-June.
Minecraft World Theme Park Announced for 2027 Alongside New Game Updates and Experiences
Mojang Studios has announced Minecraft World, a new theme park land set to open at Chessington World of Adventures in the UK in 2027, developed in partnership with Merlin Entertainments. Alongside this major expansion, the company also revealed the 'Tiny Takeover' update for Minecraft, featuring redesigned baby mobs and new gameplay features, and teased the next major update, 'Chaos Cubed,' as well as the upcoming 'Minecraft Dungeons II'.
Minecraft Gets New Deluxe And Ultimate Bundles – More Content, More Coins, More Creativity
Mojang has released two new bundles for Minecraft: the Deluxe Collection and the Ultimate Collection. These bundles offer players additional in-game content, character creator items, and Minecoins, aiming to provide a more enriched starting experience across multiple platforms including Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, PC, and mobile.
Smaller Minecraft updates like Tiny Takeover and Chaos Cubed "feel more sustainable" for Mojang, says lead: "There's always another one right around the corner"
Mojang Studios product manager Anna Lundgren stated that smaller, more frequent updates for Minecraft, such as Tiny Takeover and the upcoming Chaos Cubed, feel more sustainable for the development team. This approach allows Mojang to focus on different aspects of the game and cater to a wider variety of player styles, while also leaving the door open for larger, more transformative updates in the future.
Ex-AAA devs unveil new fantasy tabletop inspired co-op RPG, Wyldheart. Coming soon to PC!
Wayfinder Studios, a new developer founded by ex-AAA game creators, has unveiled Wyldheart, a rustic fantasy co-op action RPG. The game is coming soon to PC and will feature a classless system, extensive character customization, and a focus on cooperative play for up to four friends. Wyldheart is inspired by tabletop RPGs and will be available on Steam and Epic Games Store, with Kickstarter support also being sought.
Minecraft's switch to smaller game drops doesn't rule out "more transformative updates"
Minecraft product manager Anna Lundgren stated that the game's new model of smaller, more frequent "game drops" is more sustainable for the development team. However, she also indicated that Mojang Studios remains open to releasing larger, more transformative updates in the future.
Mojang hired a "cow whisperer" and "real animal voice actors" to record new Minecraft animal noises: "The cows started to speak to him immediately"
Mojang has updated Minecraft's animal sounds with the Tiny Takeover update, employing real animal voice actors and a "cow whisperer" for authentic noises. The update includes new sounds for baby and adult mobs, though player reception to update 26.1 has been mixed, with some criticizing it as a low-effort marketplace add-on.
"Mojang can never win": Minecraft fans split after update 26.1 and underwhelming Chaos Cubed reveal, with some dubbing it "a low-effort marketplace add-on"
Minecraft players are divided following the release of update 26.1 and the reveal of the upcoming Chaos Cubed content. While some appreciate the smaller, more frequent updates and new features like sound variants and the Golden Dandelion, others feel the content, particularly Chaos Cubed, is underwhelming and resembles a low-effort marketplace add-on, especially for single-player experiences.
Mojang partners with Merlin Entertainments for the Minecraft theme park, Minecraft World
Mojang Studios has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to create the world's first Minecraft-themed park in the UK. The theme park, named Minecraft World, will bring the popular video game to life for fans.
Mojang partners with Merlin Entertainments for the Minecraft theme park, Minecraft World
Mojang Studios has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to create a new theme park called Minecraft World. This collaboration aims to bring the popular sandbox game into a physical, immersive experience for fans.
