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Thursday4th Jan 2024
News Jack Black to Star as Steve in Minecraft Movie
Chris Pratt is screaming
In an age of successful movies based on video game characters like Mario, Sonic, and Nathan Drake, it was perhaps inevitable that we would get a Minecraft movie starring Jack Black as unassuming player-insert Steve. The actor confirmed the casting on Instagram in a suitably silly style; the film is targeting a 2025 release...
Saturday27th May 2023
News Minecraft’s Free Trials and Tales Update Has a PS4 Release Date
Sniffer it out
The latest free content update for Minecraft, Trails and Tales, has been dated for release on 7th June. This update adds a whole host of new content: biomes, mobs, features, blocks, armour, and more. The major release sees the addition of some long awaited features, including cherry blossom biomes and archeology, where players are...
Wednesday29th Mar 2023
News Minecraft's Dungeons & Dragons Mode Promises an Adventure of D20 Proportions
Dice, blocks, and all the rest
You've got to hand it to Mojang, constantly finding ways to refresh Minecraft for a new generation or audience. Enter Minecraft Dungeons & Dragons, an all-new game mode with a tabletop twist, made with the cooperation and support of the warlocks over at Wizards of the Coast. Players will begin in the time-honoured...
Wednesday22nd Feb 2023
News The Blue Bomber Comes to Minecraft in Epic Megaman X DLC Crossover
Don't get mad, get square
Minecraft has had some pretty awesome crossover DLC recently, with SpongeBob Squarepants and Buzz Lightyear getting the old Mojang razzle-dazzle. Next up is the Blue Bomber himself, with Minecraft's Megaman X pack available on PS4 now. To the tune of the original and
Wednesday27th Jul 2022
News You Live in a Pineapple Under the Sea in Minecraft's SpongeBob DLC
More square than ever!
In what is perhaps the most essential crossover in gaming history, SpongeBob and his friends are making the transition to Minecraft in its latest DLC, and what's more, it's available right now. Explore the luscious Jellyfish fields, grab a bite to eat at the Krusty Krab, or just hang out at everyone's favourite undersea...
Saturday18th Jun 2022
News Buzz Lightyear Comes to Minecraft in DLC Collaboration Between Mojang and Disney
To infinity, and beyond!
Everybody's favourite Space Ranger is coming to Minecraft in glorious, blocky form, as a part of the Minecraft x Lightyear DLC, and it's available right now on PS4. Experience Buzz Lightyear's origin story across five missions, which will take players through diverse biomes after the intrepid explorer crash lands on an...
Wednesday8th Jun 2022
News Minecraft's the Wild Update is Now Live, Introduces the Deep Dark Biome
In the deep, dark places of the world
Minecraft's long-awaited free update, The Wild, is now live, and it introduces the brand new Deep Dark biome, along with a veritable boatload of changes, fixes, and improvements and additions. Also, frogs and eldritch nightmares. The Deep Dark is a dimly-lit and eerie area that can be found far beneath the...
Wednesday18th May 2022
News Angry Birds Wings It with Minecraft Add-On for PS4
The birds and the bricks
Minecraft is in a flap, and it’s all because of those pesky Angry Birds. Available now in the Minecraft Marketplace, you can pick up a new expansion inspired by Rovio’s legendary puzzler. The add-on will see you play as familiar fowl Red, as you seek to rescue your birdnapped buddies. Recover your pals, and you’ll...
Saturday17th Jul 2021
News Minions Come to Minecraft in Latest Crossover Collaboration
C'est banana
Movie franchise Minions is the latest to get a Minecraft makeover, as part of a new DLC pack released just in time for new film, Minions: Rise of Gru. The DLC will see you assuming the role of a yellow henchman, as you bring the fight to “iconic villains like the Vicious Six, El Macho, and Vector”. It’s available in the Minecraft...
Tuesday6th Oct 2020
News Minecraft Will Become the GOAT Next Summer with Goats
🐐
Ever wondered what’s new in the world of Minecraft? Quite a lot, it turns out. Speaking over the weekend as part of fan convention Minecraft Live 2020, developer Mojang announced a gigantic Caves & Cliffs update for the iconic craft-‘em-up, which is set to release next summer. This is an absolutely gigantic expansion, hence the hefty...
Tuesday22nd Sep 2020
News Minecraft PSVR Support Arrives Today with Free Game Update
Build virtually anything
Earlier this month, Sony revealed that Minecraft would be getting PlayStation VR support. The blocky survival sandbox will be fully playable in virtual reality using a DualShock 4 controller, letting you get a feel for how big the structures you make really are. The game has been playable in VR on PC for a while now, but...
Monday7th Sep 2020
News Minecraft Adds PSVR Support with Free Update Later This Month
Crafty
The first of Sony's PlayStation VR spotlight announcements has arrived, and it's actually a rather cool one. The uber-popular Minecraft will be receiving full PSVR support later this month as part of a free PlayStation 4 update. This virtual reality support extends to the entire game, meaning it's not its own separate mod
Wednesday19th Aug 2020
News Minecraft's Jurassic World DLC Proves That Bricks Find a Way
We need more teeth
The new Jurassic World movie is back in production after a brief coronavirus-induced shooting hiatus, but while you wait for the film to release, Minecraft should help to satiate your hunger for dinosaur-themed media. To be fair, this update looks absolutely fantastic, whisking you away to an idyllic island where life simply finds...
Monday9th Dec 2019
News Minecraft: Bedrock Edition Will Have You Login to an Xbox Account on Your PS4
Update: Now officially confirmed
Update (9/12/2019): Minecraft: Bedrock Edition has been officially confirmed for PS4. This means you'll be able to play cross-platform with those using other hardware. It also grants access to the Minecraft Marketplace, where you can find new skins, worlds, and other bits and bobs. Anyone who already owns Minecraft...
Sunday30th Sep 2018
News Minecraft's Better Together Update Could Yet Come to PS4
Cross-play conversation re-opened
Fortnite wasn’t the first game to start the cross-play conversation: it was actually Minecraft. You may remember Microsoft announcing the Better Together update for every system but the PlayStation 4, because back then the Japanese giant wasn’t playing ball. It’s slowly opening up its do
Tuesday24th Apr 2018
News Of Course There's a Final Fantasy XV Skin Pack for Minecraft
We expected it sooner
A Final Fantasy XV skin pack for Minecraft? But of course. The pack's available on the PlayStation Store now, coming in at £2.49 in the UK and $4.55 in North America. Square Enix's adventure joins the likes of Mass Effect and Skyrim when it comes to Minecraft add-ons. The more the merrier, we suppose. Given Final Fantasy XV's...
Wednesday2nd Aug 2017
News Microsoft Would 'Love' to Work with Sony on Major Minecraft Update
But it ain't happening yet
Sony has blocked Microsoft from releasing Minecraft’s big ‘Better Together’ update on the PlayStation 4, and this story’s probably going to rumble on until it changes its mind – or everyone gets tired of talking about it. The patch aims to unite communities across consoles, but as announced at E3 2017, the...
Monday12th Jun 2017
E3 2017 Sony's Clearly Not a Fan of Cross-Console Play
Minecraft goes cross-console on everything but PS4
Microsoft is unifying pretty much all versions of Minecraft – except, of course, the PlayStation editions. While the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PC, smartphone, and even virtual reality versions will all be updated to amalgamate the experience, it seems Sony has said no to such an endeavour –...
Thursday15th Dec 2016
News Minecraft's Braving Radiation with Fallout DLC
Mind the ghouls
Wow, it's been a while since we wrote about Minecraft, but its newly announced Fallout skin pack looks too cool to ignore. We spotted a ton of locations from the open world titles in the trailer that we've embedded above, including a rather blocky replica of the Prydwen from Fallout 4. The DLC is coming to the console versions of...
Saturday29th Aug 2015
News Star Wars Brings the Force to Minecraft: PlayStation Edition
The empire strikes block
Sony's billing the PlayStation 4 as the system for Star Wars, so it would be a bit embarrassing if it didn't get Luke Skywalker and crew into the PlayStation versions of Minecraft. Fortunately, through a collaboration with "Disney Interactive, LucasFilm, and Microsoft" – seriously, this is written on the PlayStation Blog...
Monday27th Apr 2015
News Woohoo! The Simpsons are Bringing a Lot of Yellow to Minecraft on PS4, PS3, Vita
Mmmm, pixelated blocks
Fans of The Simpsons may well be drooling like a starved Homer right about now, with the announcement that Minecraft's getting a rather large set of character skins based on the animated comedy. The DLC pack will be bringing its yellowy charm to PlayStation platforms this week, and it'll set you back £3.29. While the show...
Tuesday24th Mar 2015
News Minecraft Enters Orbit with Mass Effect DLC This Week
Block to the future
Minecraft's getting two new DLC packs this week on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita. Alongside the not-that-interesting Pattern Texture Pack, which applies soft colours and knitted animals to your blocky world, you'll also be able to jet into space with the Mass Effect Mash-Up Pack. As its name suggests, this will coat the...
Wednesday12th Nov 2014
News Minecraft's Taking a Seasonal Holiday to Skyrim In the Near Future
DLC pack is soaring onto Sony platforms
Ah, Skyrim. A setting full of glorious natural beauty, strange beasts, hardy people, plenty of mead, and more technical bugs than you can imagine. It's a virtual world that we're sure many readers will remember with fondness, but how would you like to explore those cold Northern reaches all over again on...
Monday6th Oct 2014
Weirdness This Minecraft Remake of P.T. is Almost as Scary as The Original
Block party
It was only a matter of time before a crafty fan remade Hideo Kojima's harrowing P.T. demo in Minecraft, and, as usual, the enterprising community has outdone itself. All of your favourite moments are represented here: the famous looping hallway, the embarrassingly dirty bathroom, and, of course, the lingering sense that downloading this...
Saturday20th Sep 2014
News Shuhei Yoshida Congratulated Phil Spencer Over Minecraft Acquisition
Building bridges
The console war may be painted as a fierce battleground on the web, but in reality, that’s not the case at all. We already know that Xbox chief Phil Spencer has a good relationship with many of PlayStation’s more popular executives – and that mutual respect runs both ways. In fact, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei...
Thursday18th Sep 2014
News Minecraft: PS4 Edition Paves a Path to Retail Next Month
Business as usual
Microsoft may have built a $2.5 billion brick wall around the Minecraft franchise, but it seems that there are no changes to Sony’s plans, as it’s announced that a retail version of the game’s recently released PlayStation 4 Edition will deploy on 3rd October in Europe and 7th October in North America. The physical outing...
Monday15th Sep 2014
News Minecraft Will Continue to Exist on PlayStation Platforms Despite Big Microsoft Buyout
Redmond firm confirms $2.5 billion acquisition
The console war is about to get really weird, as Xbox chief Phil Spencer has pledged that Minecraft will continue to exist on PlayStation platforms – despite Microsoft purchasing maker Mojang for $2.5 billion today. “Gaming is the top activity across devices,” he
Wednesday10th Sep 2014
Rumour Minecraft Maker May Be Purchased by Microsoft for $2 Billion
Good job they finished the PS4 version
Minecraft has already proven that it’s a pixelated license to print money, and Microsoft apparently wants the lucrative brand under its umbrella. A report on the Wall Street Journal states that the Redmond-based firm is in talks to purchase Mojang, the organisation behind the bricklaying game. According to...
Thursday4th Sep 2014
News Minecraft is Finally Out on PS4, and You can Get It Cheap if You Own the PS3 Edition
Hallelujah
Well, the ordeal is finally over — Minecraft PlayStation 4 Edition is available right now on the European PlayStation Store, while it's promised for release on the North American store at some point today. As you may already know, yesterday's store update's apparent lack of Mojang's title had many in an uproar after it was all but...
Wednesday3rd Sep 2014
News Minecraft Finally Builds Its Way onto European PS4s Later Today
Can you dig it
Rejoice, European block lovers, for today is finally the day that Minecraft digs its way onto the PlayStation 4. The title — barring another last minute delay — should emerge on the PlayStation Store after its usual weekly update. The good news comes via Twitter, where PlayStation France confirmed that develop
