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Minecraft players have been given quite the shock as a list posing as alternative account details for cheaters turns out to actually be a ransomware file.This was reported by Fortinet (thanks, PC Gamer) a few days ago (October 28), as Minecraft players in Japan have been looking for, and downloading, what they think is a list of stolen account usernames and password.

The study, titled “Hate is No Game: Harassment and Positive Social Experiences in Online Games 2021”, says that at least 62 per cent of people aged 13-17 have experienced harassment while gaming.

ThatnerdTY, a Twitch streamer with over 9000 viewers was left shocked when a random spawn in Minecraft led to him beginning his speed-run attempt on a literal “L”.In the clip, ThatnerdTy takes a look at his surroundings, which are mostly water, before looking down at the small mass of land upon which he spawned. “Are you fucking serious dude?” he said as he noticed his unfortunate location.“I hate this game” he continued, bursting into laughter as his chat did the same.

Mojang has announced that Minecraft will be joining the PC library of Xbox Game Pass, with both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition available on the service from November.During Minecraft Live, Mojang revealed that Xbox Game Pass for PC will include Minecraft Java and Bedrock Edition from November 2.Java edition is the PC-exclusive version of Minecraft that the title was originally launched as, while Bedrock Edition is available for a much wider range of platforms.In a blog posted yesterday

Minecraft player has done what was once thought impossible, and beaten the game blindfolded in just over half an hour.The video was uploaded by YouTuber FrozenMelody earlier in the week (October 13), with the run classed as an Any per cent Set Seed. This means that the run was done on a specific Minecraft world, and not a randomly generated seed, but it doesn’t make it any less impressive.

Minecraft Live stream is almost upon us, and is a must-watch for fans of the Mojang hit – here’s when (and where) to watch the show.Minecraft Live starts at 5PM BST | 6PM CEST | 12PM EDT on October 16 and will be broadcast from several different platforms.

Minecraft pig, which travels up to 20mph and is controlled by a carrot on a stick.­Electo, a 20-year-old college student from the United States, has built a fully rideable Minecraft pig using an infrared sensor to get the pig to follow a carrot on a stick, which acts as its controller.The pig, which Electo dubs “The Hamburghini”, took just a few months to make and sports full 360-degree motion.

Minecraft were actually voiced by real-life goats.Mojang has released a brand new video in its YouTube series ‘The Secrets of Minecraft‘ which reveals facts about the popular building game. The latest video focuses on the Caves and Cliffs update, revealing that the game’s goats were voiced by the real animal (thanks, PCGamer).The animated narrator explained that Minecraft’s goats were inspired by the viral video of the screaming goat who sounds like a human.

Daniel Radcliffe has admitted that playing Minecraft made him feel old.Taking part in Wired’s Autocomplete Interview series (which sees people answer commonly Googled questions about themselves), Radcliffe has said that the sandbox construction game made him feel his age.Answering the question, “does Daniel Radcliffe play Minecraft?”, Radcliffe started by saying “Minecraft and Olivia Rodrigo have been two of the real ‘oh, I’m old’ moments recently.”“Minecraft, a few years ago, I was playing it

Valorant has the most toxic community for the second year running, according to a recent survey.The survey, carried out by the Anti-Defamation League (via gamesindustry.biz), reveals that a staggering 79% of Valorant players have received some form of online abuse while playing the game online.

Minecraft is synonymous with its blocky appearance, but a combination of mods can now transform the game’s visuals into something resembling a AAA game with Pixar-style visuals.As spotted in GamesRadar, the results of the mod, which uses the Devorian Steampunk Resource Pack and Kappa Shaders, looks quite unlike Mojang’s creative building sim.However, achieving these results appears to come at the risk of being too much work for even the most powerful GPUs.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive clip showing off an impressive clutch play has been edited so the heads-up display (HUD) looks like Minecraft.As reported by PC Gamer, Reddit user klenkluke posted the video to r/csgo, which has around 4,400 upvotes. Viewable below, it very accurately translates plenty of details from the Minecraft user interface (UI) onto CSGO.

Minecraft being given an R-rating due to its online multiplayer capability.

Cookie Clicker is coming to Steam after years of updates and enhancements.Cookie Clicker was released in 2013 as a simplistic idle browser game and has received multiple updates over the years to flesh out the gameplay and add replay value.The official Steam description reads “Cookie Clicker is a game about making an absurd amount of cookies.

The Stanley Parable, Gone Home, and Minecraft have joined forces to found new studio Ivy Road.The announcement was made during Annapurna Interactive‘s debut showcase last night (July 29).

The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild as a playable survival map in Minecraft.Creator Dinaeh has been sharing their progress on Reddit, including an outline of the whole of Hyrule, which does closely resemble the map in Breath Of The Wild.The project is being made on 1:2 scale and has so far been made using just WorldPainter, Minecraft‘s interactive map generator.Dinaeh also posted more detailed screenshots, including desert-type environment from the Gerudo Highlands and the icy Hebra

Mojang Studios and SEGA have partnered together to bring Sonic the Hedgehog to the world of Minecraft. The new collaboration will see Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow and Doctor Eggman added to the sandbox title as DLC.

Minecraft update.Today (June 10), popular YouTube content creator PewDiePie announced that he would be taking a break from his usual content creation schedule in order to spend some time playing the new update.Ahead of the release, PewDiePie said “I’m leaving when the new Minecraft update comes out that I’ve been waiting for, for months.”PewDiePie specified that he would be stepping back from June 7 to June 13 and jokingly told fans “Don’t watch anyone else do the Minecraft update!”This isn’t

Minecraft player has built a new controller for the game, made out of a Bop-It toy.Seth Altobelli, an engineering student from the United States, created the controller by taking apart a Bop-It – the classic children’s toy – and rigging it up to use as a peripheral.The entire process has been documented in a YouTube video:Altobelli to repurposed the old toy into a new controller by adding an accelerometer as well as a Raspberry Pi Pico in order to let the controller communicate with the

Minecraft is set to receive the first part of its next update Caves & Cliffs on June 8.Mojang Studios has announced that a new update will be released for the Java version of Minecraft, as well as Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on every platform it is currently available on, which includes Xbox Series X|S, PS5, Nintendo Switch, iOS and PC.The new update is being split into two parts.

Blizzard and Epic Games developers have formed Lightforge Games, a new indie studio specialising in RPGs.Founded by Matt Schembari (Epic), Nathan Fairbanks (Bioware, Epic), Marc Hutcheson (Blizzard, Epic), and Glenn Rane (Blizzard), the team have between them produced games such as World of Warcraft, Fortnite, and Overwatch.“We all love highly social, creative games, and we particularly love games where players drive the narrative,” Schembari, the CEO of Lightforge Games, said in a release

Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego, StarCraft, and Microsoft Flight Simulator will all be added, alongside inductees from the last six years.The finalists that fell short this year include Call Of Duty, FIFA, Guitar Hero, and Portal.

microsite for viewers and creators to submit minute-long videos sharing personal stories of pride, asking questions for the hosts to answer, and other content. Select responses will then be featured during the livestream.The second event is a live Minecraft competition that will stream on YouTube Gaming at a yet to be determined date.