Saturday, December 22, 2012

Minecraft Xbox update 7!

Minecraft XBox update 7 is out! And it has quite a few really cool things! Like the PC updates i will put XBox updates also, but i will do it in one post. This is a few days late because it came out on the 20th of December. So the main things it adds are Potion brewing, Enchanting, Breading, Nether Fortress, and the Mushroom Biome. The Potions and Enchanting are the same as the PC. The breading is also the same but animals don't seem to want to follow you as long. Nether Fortress appear in the Nether and it comes with the new mobs in it as well a new blocks. The Mushroom Biome is really cool like the PC and has all the same stuff. So this update has a bunch of fixes and small additions. So do you onw the Minecraft for PC and XBox? What one is better? Do you think the xbox will ever have more then the PC?

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Minecraft 12w50a guide!

Ok so here is the 12w50a guide! I have play around more with this update so I hope I won't have errors like last week!

~~Tweeked fireworks~~
The fireworks now have a really nice sound! The of it flying out is a little lound I think. But the rest is really nice and the different types of fireworks have different sounds, Mojang also says that the effect of the firework is different but it not really enough to notice.

~~Item entities have a 3D image in the world~~
This is something that is cool, it's not that big but it loos sweet. If you drop a item it will look 3D. The picture below is of a porkchop
New 3D rendered porkchop

~~Hotbar name~~
If you scroll over a item/block/tool in your hotbar it will say the name of the item! This will (maybe?) come in handy, tell me what you think! And here is a picture of me scrolling over a porkchop in my hotbar.



So there are the main things, hope you like it!



Minecraft 12w50a!

Ok, so minecraft 12w50a is out now and it adds some pretty cool things! So before I get into what it adds I want to tell you that Mojang says 'We’re looking to do a 1.4.6 before Christmas, with the normal pre-release a few days ahead. Monday maybe?' So if 1.4.6 comes out monday I plan on putting a list of all the new things. So here is what is new in 12w50a;

  • Tweaked fireworks effect and sounds
  • Item entities are rendered as 3d objects in the world
  • Corrected how enchanted books work, and added them to villagers and chests
  • Added “thorns” enchantment
  • Added tool highlight when switching items in the hotbar
  • Added a notice/warning for users still playing on PowerPCs or Java 5 (Java 1.5)
  • Various bug fixes

  • Like last week I will put a full guide to this weeks changes in the next post! And I have a few errors in the 12w49a guide, i'm verry sorry but this week I will look more into the new things. After 1.4.6 comes out I will also put a full firework guide!

    Here is the link to the 12w50a download and post by Mojang;
    http://mojang.com/2012/12/minecraft-snapshot-12w50a/

    Monday, December 10, 2012

    Play retro games on you phone/tablet!

    Play classic games on your iOS or android device with the 8-BITTY iCade! You can play 100s of retro game with this remote that looks like it came from the 80's! http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ecea/?pfm=Search&t=8%20bitty

    Friday, December 7, 2012

    Minecraft 12w49a Guide

    Minecraft 12w49a has a more then is listed on the download post, so here is the full guide of the new things!

    ~~Nether Brick Slab~~

    The nether block slab is now in Minecraft! Just place Nether Bricks in the same way (3 across) you would to make any other slab!

    ~~Firework Rocket~~

    The Firework Rocket is made by crafting paper and gunpowder in any way to get a Firework Rocket. It does not do anything except that it fly into the sky by right clicking on a block.

    ~~Firework Star~~

    It does not do anything and can not be crafted. It looks like a gunpowder ball, so we'll see what it does later!

    ~~Enchanted Book~~
    This is a really cool thing, all you need to do is take a blank book and enchant it! Then when you're done with that and you can go to an anvel and place anything, ANYTHING! block or item, in the 1st slot,and then place the Enchanted Book in the 2nd slot and you will have a enchanted item/block! So you can now have a Porkchop with sharpness II! Plus is you put Silk Touch on a sword you can get a webs in real Minecraft.

    minecraft 12w49a

    The first snapshot since 1.4.5 is out! The new update includes;

  • Added fireworks (sound effects will come soon)
  • Added enchanted books for enchanting items
  • Plenty of bugs addressed!

  • Jeb says that they wanted to have fireworks in minecraft before New Years. He also said that bug patch 1.4.6 will be out before christmas, but the 1.5 updat date wont be out untill Jannuary or maybe Febuary.

    The fireworks look really nice, but do not have a sound yet.

    Here is the link to the download and full post.
    http://mojang.com/2012/12/minecraft-snapshot-12w49a/

    Wednesday, December 5, 2012

    Surface to pass 1 million?

    The Microsoft Surface RT tablet is expected to have sales over a million units in the 4th quarter. The Surface aslo came out in October 26,so well into the 4th quarter.

    By comparison, Google's Nexus 7 tablet, that went out in June started selling at 500,000 a month and is now selling closer to 1,000,000 a month. The reason the Nexus 7 as a price of $199 and the surface starts at $499. Apple has sold 14 million iPads in the 3rd quarter.

    A Boston-based brokerage firm, Detwiler Fenton, claimed in a research note today that Microsoft is likely to sell less than a million units in the December quarter.

    Monday, December 3, 2012

    Hawken coming 12-12-12!

    In just over a week Hawken for Windows, will come out. Hawken is a free-to-play, online, multiplayer, mech-based first-person shooter that puts you in the pilot seat of a giant robotic war machine. It has won BEST OF PC, PAX Prime 2012 and many other awards. You can sign up now for a chance for early closed beta. Go sign up now playhawken.com.

    December game releases

    November and october where huge with video game releases. But december is not going to be as big, so here they are.

    12-4-12
    Eve Online: Retribution (Win)
    Far Cry 3 (Win, PS3, X60)
    Guardians of Middle-earth (PSN, XBLA)
    Guilty Gear XX Λ Core Plus (PSN)

    12-6-12
    Grand Theft Auto: Vince City (iOS, Droid)
    Mutant Mudds (iOS)

    12-10-12
    Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two (Win, Mac)

    12-11-12
    Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (3DS, PSVita)

    12-12-12
    Hawken (Win)

    Xbox 720 coming 2013?

    According to a anonymous source says that the next gen xbox (xbox 720) codenamed Durango will launch for the 2013 holiday season.

    Another source claimed that Microsoft has yet to decided if they will debut it at E3 2013 or at a dedicated event.

    The next gen Xbox might feature Kinect 2.0, Blu-Ray discs, 8gb of RAM, an 'innovative controller', and directional audio.

    Sony has been expected to launch its next gen PlayStation in 2013.

    Will you try and get the next Xbox if it comes with the features listed above?