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Minecraft’s next update is in the works, and a few early details on it have been posted online from PAX Prime, which is going on this weekend in Seattle.

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Time for a second batch of shorts to get your gamescom afternoon rolled up.

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Despite outsourcing its development, Mojang has revealed Minecraft’s Xbox Live Arcade release will begin life as a beta, just like its PC progenitor. Xbots: get on board, stat.

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“EA came to see us. I think they had plans, but picked up the vibe. Nothing’s been said since – it’s all very high politics. I play their games, and they make great games, but we are too far from each other. They can make their games, and I’ll buy them. We’ll make ours, and they can buy them. Not the property – that’s ours. But they can play it like everyone else.” – Minecraft creator Markus Persson on his meeting with EA CEO John Riccitiello, via Develop.

Minecraft creator Notch, who’s studio Mojang is currently working on a digital trading card game called Scrolls, has received a letter from Betheda’s legal department stating that the name ‘Scrolls’ is in violation of its Elder Scrolls trademark.

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Notch has just said on Twitter that Minecraft has now sold 3 million units. Here’s the tweet: “Minecraft just sold its third million copy!” Amazing. The game first launched bare bones in 2009, with the full version launching on November 11 and an Xbox 360 version to follow this holiday season.

Minecon is a go, and the Minecraft convention will take place on November 18 and 19 to coincide with the launch the game’s full release.

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Ah, humility. Sometimes, it earns you the respect and admiration of your peers. Other times, it makes you more pleasant to be around. Other other times, it gets you free stuff. This, happily, is the latter situation. The humblest of all known indie bundles (we can’t account for space or other dimensions) has introduced a free Minecraft pass to its already formidable lineup. From now until August 14, you’ll have your own set of keys to Notch’s block-by-block opus. So then, you should toss a few coins in the bundle’s cap. After all, considering that it’s earned more than $500,000 already, it has to be doing something right.

Thanks, Destructoid.

Markus “Notch” Persson has said that 360 version of Minecraft was being made so it could work a lot better on consoles.

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Notch has confirmed that Minecraft beta v1.7 is now out. The update adds piston functionality to the indie open-worlder. The promised “adventure” update has now been moved to v1.8, of which there is no date.

Notch has confirmed that the “adventure” update for Minecraft, thought to by the next addition as v1.7, has now become v1.8.

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Notch has confirmed that 4J Studios will be developing the 360 version of Minecraft that was announced during E3. The developer created XBLA versions of Banjo Kazooie and Perfect Dark, as well as the PS3 version of Oblivion. Notch said 4J “have a very good mentality, and obviously are very talented.” Well done, chaps. Minecraft 360, with Kinect support, launches later this year.

Notch has said that the Minecraft 1.7 update will include “adventures,” in an effort to “flesh out the game a bit, making it reward exploration and combat more.” In addition, “assuming we like them in play testing, pistons are coming in 1.7.” The game’s next update will also see the start of Minecraft mod support, but there’s no date on the release as yet. Thanks, RPS.

A future update will bring a “sky dimension” to Minecraft, joining Hell and, you know, the one you normally walk around in.

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It’s hump day. Lucky you. Not much left of the week, or today for that matter, so, no need in trying to escape. Have some short stuff to close it out with instead.

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While a lot of folks feel they’ve been kicked in the neck over this PSN business and have seen loads of reports on the situation, other stuff happened in the world of games as well. Below, you will find that other stuff.

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It’s time for more shorts. Get your fill below the belt-line.

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Mojang has finally got around to putting a release date on Minecraft – so the team have a legitimate excuse to take time off and play Skyrim.

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Minecraft creator Notch’s latest blog post has highlighted the contents of the next major update.

Promised “soon”, the update adds in the promised wolves, movable spawn points, a staistics tracking system, and achievements.

Mojang will then turn its attention to the neglected mod API, a feature much requested by the community as the game’s frequent updates currently break most mods.

Thanks, Big Download.

Lots of small stuff in the world. Quit looking for it. We have it. Hit the break.

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