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Minecraft has announced an update to the Sonic the Hedgehog DLC. It adds a new level from the original 1991 Sonic the Hedgehog game and includes five new skins in addition to the existing 24.

Microsoft's latest Active Citizen game is available for the users of Minecraft: Education Edition, in-game, and on the Minecraft website. A free demo of the game will be offered later this month.

All Mojang Account are being retired on March 10, 2022, which means a Microsoft Account will become mandatory to play Minecraft: Java Edition. The transition does offer several benefits including 2FA.

The world generation and build height changes carrying Minecraft update, Caves & Cliffs: Part II, finally has a release date attached to it. Players on all platforms get to jump in on November 30.

Microsoft is kicking off November with a hit-filled injection of games to Xbox Game Pass. The upcoming games in November include the new San Andreas remaster, Forza Horizon 5, Minecraft, and more.

Microsoft has acquired Two Hat, a content moderation service. No details were given of how much the deal cost Microsoft but both firms said they are excited to be working together.

This week, Microsoft released the usual Patch Tuesday updates, which this month included Windows 11 as well. A fix for AMD Ryzen performance issues on Windows 11 rolled out, and much more.

Mojang is already planning the next major update coming to Minecraft in 2022 after the second part of Caves & Cliffs. Titled The Wild Update, it has eyeless mobs, ancient underground cities, and more.

The PC version of the Xbox Game Pass subscription is gaining Mojang Studios' major hit Minecraft. The console variant has had the game for years now, and PC members are joining in later this year.

The first half of the upcoming Minecraft Caves & Cliffs update is launching across Minecraft Bedrock and Java Editions on June 8. It carries new mobs, blocks, items, and more for the sandbox game.

Microsoft has announced a handful of ways Xbox is celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day. New accessibility features are on the way for Xbox Party Chat, Gears 5, and Minecraft.

The next major update to Minecraft, Caves & Cliffs, has been split into two, with Mojang delivering the first half in the summer, while the second half will take until the holiday season to land.

Following a six-hour outage on Xbox Live yesterday, the PlayStation Network appears to be down for certain games including Call of Duty: Warzone and Minecraft for the past several hours today.

Mojang Studios today announced that its dungeon crawler Minecraft spin-off from last year, Minecraft Dungeons, now has over 10 million players across PC, Xbox, Switch, and PlayStation platforms.

Mojang will release a new DLC pack to Minecraft Dungeons later this month. The Flames of the Nether DLC will land alongside a massive free update adding procedurally generated missions.

Mojang Studios has announced that the mobile augmented reality game Minecraft Earth is shutting down on June 30, less than two years after its public debut. Paid content has been disabled.

The New Year's Sale for the title offers a variety of interesting offers, including up to 100 sale items at 33% off. The sale will continue for a fortnight through Monday, January 4.

Soon-releasing Cyberpunk 2077 and the ray-tracing plus DLSS update to Minecraft received official support today for Nvidia graphics cards through the new WHQL-certified 460.79 Game Ready driver.

Minecraft players on PC with RTX-enabled Nvidia graphics cards can now enable ray tracing in their worlds without enrolling in the beta. DLSS support is also included for maximizing performance.

Microsoft has released this year's holiday advertisement, and while last year's was centered around a little girl, this one's main character is the family dog, who's being ignored in favor of tech.

The official Star Wars DLC for Minecraft brings in a pre-built map full of iconic locations, as well as skins, a licensed soundtrack, flyable X-wings, Tie Fighters, the Razor Crest, and much more.

Mojang has announced that, starting next year, those still playing the Java Edition of Minecraft will need to move over to a Microsoft account. New players will need one starting this fall.

Beyond the series of hardware announcements this week, there's also the addition of Steve from Minecraft in Smash Bros. Ultimate, new Windows updates, and more. Catch up via our handy overview.

Nintendo held a presentation today to announce the next DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and it turned out to be another Microsoft character, Steve from the blockbuster Minecraft.

The latest DLC offering for Minecraft Dungeons has now been released, bringing new items, mobs, missions, and more. A free update has also been brought alongside, introducing even further features.

Mojang announced today that the PlayStation 4 version of Minecraft is finally gaining virtual reality support, letting players use their PS VR setups to experience the game in a new fashion.

Mojang Studios has announced that it will host the annual Minecraft event next month. Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time is a sandbox video game developed by Mojang Studios.

The latest addition in the world of Minecraft allows players to manage a park of dinosaurs. Featuring a bunch of famous dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park franchise, the DLC offers 21 new skins as well.

Minecraft: Education Edition is now available on Chromebooks as a part of Microsoft's efforts to help educators and students transition to remote learning amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Unsurprisingly, Microsoft's Build 2020 virtual event took place this week, where the firm announced new things coming to Azure, Edge, plus much more. Be sure to catch up via our overview.

The newly rebranded Minecraft developer, Mojang Studios, has announced the block-based phenomenon has now sold over 200 million copies. The game celebrated its 11th anniversary yesterday.

Microsoft and Mojang, the creators of the wildly popular game Minecraft, have announced a campaign in collaboration with the UNDP and its partner Heart17 to spread awareness about COVID-19.

Microsoft has kicked off registrations for the beta program of Minecraft RTX, a new version of Minecraft featuring real-time ray tracing. It's exclusively available for Windows 10 players.

The upcoming raytracing-powered graphics to Minecraft is soon coming to beta. Nvidia today announced its RTX GPU owners will be able to jump into the graphically enhanced Minecraft build on April 16.

The team at Mojang has announced that Minecraft Dungeons is now slated for a release on May 26. The title will be available on all current-generation consoles and PC, and it will cost $19.99.

Many of Minecraft's education-centric worlds will be available for free in the Marketplace through a new 'Education' category. The offer to download these worlds will stand through June 30.