Minecraft replacing beta programme with more convenient standalone Preview app

Available on PC, Xbox, and iOS now.

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Minecraft has split off and delayed parts of its big Caves & Cliffs update

Some features pushed back until year end.

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Minecraft Live digital event dated for October

Expect news, mob votes, and "delightful banter".

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Minecraft's Nether Update finally makes its hell dimension more habitable

While its mountain upgrade "will happen soon".

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Minecraft's big Nether Update arrives next week

Lavaly.

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Feature | Five of the Best: Destructible objects

Smashing.

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Microsoft working to maintain Xbox Live amid "unprecedented demand"

As educational content made free in Minecraft.

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Mojang cancels real-world Minecraft Festival event due to coronavirus

Was originally scheduled for September.

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Mojang revives old MineCon live event format for this year's Minecraft Festival

Taking place in Florida this September.

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Feature | Five of the Best: Blocks

Pick a side.

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Finally, PlayStation gets cross-platform Minecraft tomorrow

And you need an Xbox login to play.

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Minecraft tops YouTube list of most-watched video games in 2019

With a staggering 100 billion views.

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Feature | Games of the Decade: Minecraft is a masterclass in accessibility and community

Nether gonna give you up.

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Minecraft's Bedrock Edition adds character creator and adorable, chicken-chomping foxes

Plus, abandoned villages! Suspicious stew! More!

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Players are doing sweet parkour in Minecraft thanks to the new honey blocks

Float like a butterfly.

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Feature | 10 years on and 20 more to go - Mojang on the present and future of Minecraft

"It's like a never ending game."

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Minecraft is letting players vote for the biome they want to see spruced up next

Mountains! Badlands! Swamp?

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Minecraft is introducing a character creator

Shirts or skins.

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Minecraft has acquired another 20 million monthly players in the last year

Stealing Roblox's lead once more.

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Minecraft's long-awaited Super Duper Graphics update is officially dead

Proved "too technically demanding to implement".

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Roblox overtakes Minecraft with 100 million monthly active users

Block rockin' beats.

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Minecraft might be the biggest-selling video game of all time now

Emphasis on the word "might".

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Minecraft's annual MineCon livestream event gets a September airdate

And you can vote on a new biome.

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You can explore Minecraft's 10-year history in a massive new interactive in-game museum

Free on PC, Xbox One, Switch, and mobile.

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Now you can play a 10-year old version of Minecraft in your browser

The land time for-block.

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