The upcoming dungeon crawler, Minecraft Dungeons, will reportedly give players ways to make their characters absurdly overpowered. Not only that, but the developers don’t really seem to care too much if it makes the game unbalanced, “because it’s fun”. Minecraft Dungeons of course follows up Minecraft, one of the most successful and widely recognizable video games of […]
Minecraft Being Used By Polish Government To Help With Social Distancing
While governments normally have to put together elaborate campaigns to get kids off their computers and outside to exercise, the Polish government is now doing the exact opposite. With the COVID-19 (coronavirus) threat spreading through Europe, Poland has created a public Minecraft server to encourage kids to do their socializing online. The Polish government has […]
Minecraft transfers some 'Education Edition' content to 'Bedrock Edition' for kids stuck at home
Microsoft said Tuesday that it is making several educational activities normally reserved for its Minecraft: Education Edition available to the “Bedrock” editions found on the PC, Xbox, and other platforms—all for free. It’s a recognition that kids may be stuck at home for weeks waiting out the coronavirus, stuck in an odd limbo between vacation […]
Minecraft Now Offering Free Educational Tools To Keep Kids Engaged During Social Distancing
Xbox head Phil Spencer has outlined ways that Microsoft hopes to help people through their social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak, starting with special educational content to be distributed through Minecraft. In a blog post, Spencer cited “unprecedented demand for gaming.” Part of that includes more kids going online to spend time with friends since […]
Minecraft Marketplace adds Education section with free material
The world is stuck at home as part of the fight against the spread of COVID-19. This has led to a huge jump in gaming activity across multiple platforms. Sony has even agreed to throttle its network to save bandwidth for more crucial data. But just because people are spending more time with games doesn’t […]
Minecraft Update: 20W11A Snapshot released – Java Patch Notes and new features
A new Minecraft Java Snapshot was released this week with plenty of new features and changes to the games current snapshot. What is a snapshot we hear you (potentially) ask? Well, it's a bit like a testing ground for the game. Before any build of the game is rolled out to the Bedrock Edition – […]