Minecraft Patch 1.8 The Adventure Update Available Now

The actual release of Minecraft update 1.8 should be out in a few weeks but while you wait for that you can now try out the pre-release version of the Adventure Update. This update adds many new and cool features which you can see in the video above.

Information on how to download and install the pre-release version of Minecraft 1.8, can be found here.

Feel free to leave your Adventure Update experiences in the comments.

Minecraft 1.6 Patch Notes So Far

I'm going to need some sort of map to keep track of all the changes.

The following is the patch notes so far for the Minecraft 1.6 beta. Patch 1.6 should be out before the end of the week.

Most of the bug fixes are to do with multiplayer but there is quite a few nice fixes for single players too. This patch looks like its going to be bigger than the previous few patches.

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Minecraft Survival Diary, Day #2/4: All Aboard!

Hello I am King Toko and welcome to my Minecraft Diary. With the popularity of Minecraft and because I only just bought the game recently, I thought it be fun to do a regular diary based on my on going adventures and tribulations in the randomly created world I decided to call Avalon. I chose this name for no obvious reason just randomly.

My diary days will be based on Minecraft’s in-game days and I will try to keep the writing to a minimum, to keep up the pace.

Other important information; I am playing alone and on the hardest difficulty. If I die that’s it, game over and the world gets nuked. Also im not using any texture packs, skins or mods so the game will be played how intended, untouched.

One final note I’m no Minecraft veteran but I know enough.

Continue Reading to read my Minecraft Survival Diary.

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Minecraft Survival Diary, Day #1/4: Welcome to Avalon

Hello I am King Toko and welcome to my Minecraft Diary. With the popularity of Minecraft and because I only just bought the game recently, I thought it be fun to do a regular diary based on my on going adventures and tribulations in the randomly created world I decided to call Avalon. I chose this name for no obvious reason just randomly.

My diary days will be based on Minecraft’s in-game days and I will try to keep the writing to a minimum, to keep up the pace.

Other important information; I am playing alone and on the hardest difficulty. If I die that’s it, game over and the world gets nuked. Also im not using any texture packs, skins or mods so the game will be played how intended, untouched.

One final note I’m no Minecraft veteran but I know enough.

Continue Reading to read my Minecraft Survival Diary.

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Minecraft 1.5 Patch, Demo And Other Bug Fixes Now Available

Run its raining!

Notch has made a 4Mb demo for PC Gamer. You can get it here.

But most important of all you can now get 1.5 update that adds: 

  • Weather (rain, snow, thunder)
  • Statistics
  • Achievements
  • Detector rail
  • Booster rail
  • Performance improvements

“More statistics and achievements will be added over time as we develop the game. They’re only stored locally at the moment, but we’ll slowly be rolling out online storing of achievements over time.” Says Notch.

Also since this update Notch has released some patches that should fix a lot of the bugs that some players might of being experiencing.

Minecraft Patch 1.5 Out Next Week

Let's build some snowmen!

According to Notch the latest patch will be delayed until next week “There’s been significant feature creep (we’ve got powered rails now, and lightning hitting a pig will turn it into a zombie pigman), so we don’t have time to get it out this week.” So people waiting for the latest patch which includes weather, stats and achievements will have to wait a bit longer.

Minecraft Update 1.5 Video Preview

This video shows the upcoming 1.5 update, which should arrive this week. Notch says that the “rain and especially thunder is waaay too common in this test, for demo purposes.”

It’s good that Minecraft is becoming more involving. I really like the rain effects and the snow makes it hard to see in front of you which snow does in real life.

Minecraft Official Release in November

Minecraft within Minecraft.

This November 11th Minecraft is finally released. On the same day as Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

The creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has said that:

The version we deem as the “full version” won’t be very different at all from what the game was like a week ago, and we’ll keep adding features after the release as well, so it’s really more of a milestone when we finally get rid of the Beta label, and some kind of goal for us to work towards.

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