Minecraft is getting a big new update In Summer 2021 that expands two pretty crucial areas of the game: caves and cliffs Mojang revealed the upcoming expansion for Minecraft earlier today during the Minecraft Live event. Due to the huge size of the update, it won’t be releasing when Minecraft …
Read More »You can now play DOOM in Minecraft
We’ve already seen Minecraft being played in Minecraft (opens in new tab), but now there’s a new game in town – DOOM. A new post (opens in new tab) shows how Redditor uDrunkMate used the VM Computers mod to run DOOM from within their Minecraft game. According to The Verge …
Read More »Minecraft RTX is the easiest way to discover why ray-tracing matters
Read more (Image credit: Mojang) “We have new ideas to last millenia”: Mojang on reimagining the hack and slash for Minecraft Dungeons (opens in new tab) Ray-tracing is one of those next-gen buzzwords that’s difficult to get excited about. It doesn’t help, of course, that it sounds like something Captain …
Read More »These are the latest games to be inducted into The Video Game Hall of Fame
Bejeweled, Centipede, King’s Quest, and Minecraft are the latest games to be inducted into The Video Game Hall of Fame. The longlist – which also included Frogger, GoldenEye 007, Guitar Hero, NBA Jam, Nokia Snake, Super Smash Brothers Melee, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and Where in the World is Carmen …
Read More »Popular NYC music venue Elsewhere is hosting a Minecraft festival for coronavirus relief
Brooklyn’s hottest club is Elsewhere, and it’s hosting a festival for coronavirus relief set entirely in Minecraft (opens in new tab). The event, which is called “Nether Meant”, will be held this Saturday, April 11 at 6pm EST and will feature performances from emo band American Football, Nintendocore group Anamanaguchi, …
Read More »Minecraft is adding AI research simulations. Definitely isnt going to be Skynet
Minecraft is opening itself up as a testing ground for Artificial Intelligence according to Microsoft (opens in new tab). Starting in July, Minecraft will be able to use software called AIX to let AI control a character. It’ll let scientists create something that will be able to interact and react …
Read More »Still mourning Silent Hills? These 7 fan-games will fill that void
It’s been an emotional time for Silent Hill fans. This roller coaster of disappointments kicks off with developer Konami confirming Silent Hills is well and truly dead (opens in new tab), though discussions are “underway” on new Silent Hill projects. Then we enter a corkscrew of P.T. delisting schigginagins (opens …
Read More »Barry Bumgardner is a man who exists and hes trying to sue the creator of Minecraft (but thinks its called Mindcraft)
So company with an apparent reputation for patent trolling (opens in new tab) is trying to sue Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson. They are trying to sue him for a vague alleged patent infringement that frankly sounds like it could be applied to pretty much anything. The lawyer they are …
Read More »FortressCraft site hit with DDOS attack on Minecraft 360 launch day
Adam Sawkins, creator of the number one selling Xbox Live Indie Game of all-time, FortressCraft, had some choice words for Minecraft-creator and internet-celebrity Markus Persson and his online followers today after revelations that FortressCraft’s website had been the subject of aDDOS (opens in new tab)attack. “F**k you and your ‘community’, …
Read More »BAFTA posts Audience Award nominees
The shortlist of nominees for the British Academy Video Games Awards’ (BAFTA) GAME Audience Award is out, and it looks like this year is going to be a fanboy bloodbath. Ten nominees have been shortlisted for the people’s choice honor. They include Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: …
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