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Minecraft Dungeons II joins Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on day one, September 29. Gears of War: E-Day joins the same tiers on day one, October 6. The batch also dates Dune: Awakening for September 22 and several September 16-25 additions while naming seven departures for September 30; tiers, platforms and dates differ by title.
Read this story →Mojang's Bedrock 26.50 changelog states that Wilderness Bound is out now. The drop adds dappled forests, poplar trees, biome-specific abandoned camps, cushions and new explorer-map destinations. Straw beds skip the night without resetting spawn, are single-use and are destroyed after sleeping. The cited version number and rollout apply to Bedrock Edition.
Read this story →Mojang schedules the drop for September 15 with dappled forests, abandoned camps, a poplar wood set, straw beds and cushions. Straw beds let travellers skip the night without changing their respawn point; the announcement gives no universal release hour or guarantee of a simultaneous rollout on every platform.
Read this story →A screenshot posted September 13 from the UK Bedrock Edition calendar displays a Minecraft Live notification dated September 26; a separate MinecraftLeaks discussion reports the same date from Bedrock. The official Minecraft Live page remained undated when checked early September 14.
Read this story →Microsoft consumer-products director Shabnam Elmi told License Global that Dungeons II's new mobs, biomes and adventures create licensing opportunities across toys, collectibles, apparel, role play and promotions. She said Minecraft works with more than 250 active licensees and will seek partners at Brand Licensing Europe in those and other categories. The interview announces a strategy, not a newly signed partner, product line or release schedule.
Read this story →A Netflix representative told What's on Netflix that the animated Minecraft series is still coming and production is continuing as planned. Minecraft lead designer and creative director Jens Bergensten separately replied on August 28 that the team is still working on it; neither response supplies a release date, footage, episode count or precise production phase.
Read this story →An Xbox Wire hands-on says Brave Haven's Blacksmith can raise any owned item's power and reroll a buff, while the Enchantsmith applies effects from found books. Minecarts connect the hub to the world, and each local player can open a miniature inventory simultaneously instead of stopping the whole group.
Read this story →Mojang announced August 20 that Minecraft Dungeons II launches September 29 and opened preorders. Its gameplay trailer introduces the Sift, an entirely new dimension reached through mysterious rifts, with unfamiliar landscapes and threats; the owner article does not detail every platform or regional unlock.
Read this story →Minecraft for Nintendo Switch 2 launches October 27 with Vibrant Visuals enabled by default, subject to split-screen and Marketplace-content limitations. Existing Switch owners will receive a digital upgrade route, and the Super Mario Mash-Up pack gets a visual update; Mojang has not announced upgrade price or eligibility details.
Read this story →Mojang’s August 10 hotfix notes say cloud world storage is temporarily disabled on Windows while the team addresses issue MCPE-241385; the same rollout fixes crashes and missing world assets, and reaches each platform as approval is completed.
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