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Minecraft News
All the latest Minecraft news for 2026: updates, patches, DLC, discounts and events. Fresh game news every day on VGTimes.
Brianna Torres cosplays as Alex from Minecraft
Model Brianna Torres, fresh off her recent transformation into everyone's favorite reporter, April O'Neil, is back with a brand new cosplay. This time, she's block-hopping into the world of Minecraft as Alex.
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April 12, 2025
Minecraft Movie Steve and Scavenger Figurines Unveiled
Gabriel Soares, an artist who has worked with Warner Bros. Games, Netflix, Ubisoft, and Nickelodeon, has created digital figurine designs of Steve and Scavenger from the Minecraft movie.
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April 11, 2025
Minecraft Soundtrack Named One of the Most Important Musical Works in the US
The Minecraft theme will be officially added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in the United States, along with other outstanding musical works. Previously, only the Super Mario Bros. soundtrack was given the same honor in 2023.
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April 10, 2025
A Minecraft Movie Mobs Get Official Renders
Artist Karl Lindberg, who worked on Venom: The Last Dance, has shared official renders from the A Minecraft Movie. The illustrations showcase three mobs – a sheep, a llama, and the Malgosha – for whom he designed the film's look.
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April 10, 2025
“This Is Incredible”: Fan Recreates Entire Elden Ring Map in Minecraft After 2,000 Hours of Work
Reddit user Lerfing has unveiled what might be his magnum opus in Minecraft: a full-scale recreation of the Elden Ring world map, built using the game’s in-game editor.
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April 7, 2025
A Minecraft Movie Opening Weekend Box Office Numbers Revealed
A Minecraft Movie has mined its way to a successful global debut, raking in $301 million worldwide during its opening weekend. In the U.S. alone, the film grossed a hefty $157 million.
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April 7, 2025
Mojang Announces Vibrant Visuals: Free Graphics Update for Minecraft
Mojang has announced Vibrant Visuals, a free graphics update coming to Minecraft that will overhaul elements like lighting, shadows, fog, and water.
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March 23, 2025
Minecraft Returns to the Fantasy Setting of Dungeons & Dragons with Illithids, Owlbears, and More
Minecraft has launched a fresh expansion titled Dungeons & Dragons: A New Quest, developed by Everbloom Games and Wizards of the Coast in collaboration with Mojang Studios. This DLC allows gamers to dive into the universe of Dungeons & Dragons.
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February 21, 2025
Minecraft creator won't make spiritual successor to his «sandbox»
It looks like Minecraft 2 from the original game's developer is cancelled. Markus «Notch» Persson has decided to focus on another project.
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January 9, 2025
Minecraft creator literally announced Minecraft 2
Markus «Notch» Persson, the developer of the incredibly popular Minecraft, announced another project. The new game will be a spiritual successor to his own sandbox.
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January 4, 2025
Golden Joystick Awards 2024 winners revealed
The Golden Joystick Awards 2024 winners have been announced! The ceremony saw Black Myth: Wukong crowned Game of the Year by gamers, while critics chose Helldivers 2.
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November 22, 2024
Minecraft-themed parks and attractions announced with $110 million investment
Merlin Entertainments has announced a partnership with Mojang Studios to create Minecraft-themed amusement parks and attractions. The company plans to invest $110 million into the project, with openings expected in 2026-2027.
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November 20, 2024
Massive Minecraft Mod Turns the Game Into a Strategy «like Warcraft and Starcraft»
A large-scale mod called Reign of Nether has been released for Minecraft, transforming the 3D sandbox into a full-fledged strategy game. As one player put it, «we had Starcraft, we had Warcraft, now its finally time for Minecraft.»
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October 22, 2024
Minecraft to get a new mob with creepy habits
Yesterday, the Minecraft Live 2024 presentation took place, where Mojang shared the first look at the new content prepared for Minecraft. The popular sandbox will feature not only new tools and a biome, but also a very creepy mob.
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September 29, 2024
YouTuber recreates Los Santos from GTA: San Andreas in Assassin's Creed Unity
A modder with the nickname Sliderv2 showed Los Santos from GTA: San Andreas, recreated on the Assassin's Creed: Unity engine, on his YouTube channel. Now Arno can walk along Grove Street and other recognizable places.
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September 19, 2024
The first teaser of the Minecraft movie showed a cubic world and Steve
Legendary Pictures has released the first teaser for the upcoming Minecraft movie. The adaptation of the famous sandbox game will be released on April 4.
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September 4, 2024
An enthusiast has learned to turn Google maps into Minecraft worlds
A graduate student at New York's Cornell University has created a program that turns Google maps into Minecraft worlds. The algorithm automatically replaces all objects with voxel-based structures.
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June 24, 2024
A Minecraft fan created a real neural network inside the game
Construction in the Minecraft sandbox has reached a new level — a player with the nickname mattbatwings has created a real neural network made of redstone in the game. His creation can recognize handwritten numbers with fairly high accuracy.
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May 27, 2024
Rumor: Minecraft could be released on Steam
Reddit users discovered Steam in the list of platforms for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. The game has not been presented on the Valve platform since its release in 2011.
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May 16, 2024