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New Minecraft update makes endermen creepy again

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Minecraft was released in its alpha form in 2010, and has been receiving constant and consistent updates for over 5 years, which is rather impressive. More impressive is how it’s become a cultural phenomenon, and in many ways, the face of modern gaming, at least as far as the mainstream populace is concerned.

The latest update for the block-breaking, block-building game is out – but it’s one of those odd snapshots that you’ll have to specifically enable.

Here’s what the new changes are:

  • Rebalanced armour.
  • Changed damage & protection enchantments to match new armour system.
  • Fixed a few AI bugs across lots of mobs.
  • Made endermen creepy again.
  • Vwooop.
  • More optimisations! Many optimisations!
  • Added player collision again.
  • Fishing rods can now catch entities properly again.
  • Added team-based options for collision.
  • The world may corrupt slightly less times now! Or slightly more, we’re not sure!
  • I like hugs!

A note from Mojang:

“To get snapshots, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher. Back up your world first or run the game on in a different folder (See the “new profile” dialog).

Snapshots can corrupt your world, please backup and/or run them in a different folder from your main worlds.”

I don’t play Minecraft myself, but my kids love it – and I’m very, very impressed with the new Windows 10 beta of the game, which is essentially a tweaked and modified version of the mobile game. While it doesn’t support mods yet, its lack of reliance on Java makes it significantly more efficient, less resource intensive and a wee bit more polished.

In tangentially related news, Minecraft is the most streamed game on Youtube, and the service’s most popular ‘Tuber is now British gamer Daniel Middleton – known The Diamond Minecart – usurping the accolade from PewDewPie.

Last Updated: September 3, 2015

30 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief Returns

    September 3, 2015 at 11:49

    Minecraft, not even once.

    Terraria, many times

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    • Captain JJ Fantasticus

      September 3, 2015 at 11:53

      7 Days to Die is pretty much the mix between the two, only not as blocky.

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief Returns

        September 3, 2015 at 11:54

        So many games!

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        • Captain JJ Fantasticus

          September 3, 2015 at 12:03

          I put just shy of 100 hours into 7 Days to Die. But it’s way more fun with people than it is alone.

          Reply

          • Corrie

            September 3, 2015 at 12:09

            That then just leaves you with over 68 hours left to live

            Spend them wisely…..playing minecraft

          • Captain JJ Fantasticus

            September 3, 2015 at 12:12

            XD
            I read up about why Minecraft isn’t on Steam and it makes complete sense, but imagine the sales it would’ve seen if it were on Steam as well.

          • Corrie

            September 3, 2015 at 12:16

            Would be the number 1 game being played on steam,also steam trading cards would have been super awesome.

            I still can picture that game going free to play then the whole internet will implode.

      • Ranting Raptor

        September 3, 2015 at 12:37

        how many? 0_0

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        • Admiral Chief Returns

          September 3, 2015 at 12:47

          SELF TROLLING!

          Reply

          • Ranting Raptor

            September 3, 2015 at 13:04

            To the max!!!!

    • VampyreSquirrel

      September 3, 2015 at 12:41

      Best thing the Terraria devs did was move away from Java.

      Reply

  2. Captain JJ Fantasticus

    September 3, 2015 at 12:04

    Endermen. Is that like slendermen that aren’t sly?

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    • Corrie

      September 3, 2015 at 12:10

      Wouldn’t that make them slydermen?

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      • Captain JJ Fantasticus

        September 3, 2015 at 12:12

        Stop with the logic! 😉

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        • Corrie

          September 3, 2015 at 12:14

          I can’t help it man!

          The number’s what do they meme mason?

          Aaaargh…21

          Reply

  3. RinceThis

    September 3, 2015 at 12:25

    Still need to try it out but it’s on my Xbox 360 and that hasn’t been turned on since my PS4 was 🙁

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    • Hammersteyn

      September 3, 2015 at 12:34

      Good, don’t 180 😛

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      • RinceThis

        September 3, 2015 at 12:38

        You shurrup! Where’s my island?!

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        • Hammersteyn

          September 3, 2015 at 13:14

          Oh snap

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  4. Ranting Raptor

    September 3, 2015 at 12:36

    “and has been receiving constant and consistent updated for over years”
    Wow… Dat sentence structure….

    That being said, I actually wish other devs would take a leaf out of Minecraft’s book regarding updates and keeping a game solid. *cough* Not pointing fingers at Warner Bros *cough*

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    • Geoffrey Tim

      September 3, 2015 at 12:37

      S and d are like, right next to each other. Fixed. Thanks,.

      Reply

      • Ranting Raptor

        September 3, 2015 at 12:38

        That’s what she said?

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        September 3, 2015 at 12:38

        But… I thought you were A to Z, not S to D? O_o

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        • Ranting Raptor

          September 3, 2015 at 12:38

          looooooooool

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        • RinceThis

          September 3, 2015 at 12:39

          BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

          Reply

  5. VampyreSquirrel

    September 3, 2015 at 12:44

    I still mess around in this from time to time… need to update again and see if the endermen actually are creepy again… they were SOOOOO creepy!

    Player collision’s gonna suck though… makes it easier to push someone off a cliff, building, The End, etc.

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    • RinceThis

      September 3, 2015 at 12:59

      Where is my island?!

      Reply

      • VampyreSquirrel

        September 3, 2015 at 13:09

        In a zip file?

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        • RinceThis

          September 3, 2015 at 13:11

          What is this, San Andeas?!

          Reply

          • VampyreSquirrel

            September 3, 2015 at 13:31

            Maybe, maybe not… I will not confirm or deny.

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