First Major Minecraft Update in Over a Year Out Next Week - News

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The first major update to Minecraft on Windows PC in over a year is set to be released next week on Thursday, February 25th, announced Mojang in a blog post.

Yo can try out Minecraft 1.9 right now with the pre-release version. However, Mojang is still performing bug fixes.

Minecraft 1.9 changes the entire combat system, changes the Ender Dragon boss fight, adds new mobs, items, and weapons. 

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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

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Chazore (on 18 February 2016)

Just found out about it the other day. Can't wait to try out the new combat, got myself custom shaders loaded to keep the experience fresh.

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Semmie (on 18 February 2016)

And how bout vita bone and ps4. Especially wii u

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Zkuq Semmie (on 18 February 2016)

All other versions are worked on by a different team and handled as different products.

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Chazore Semmie (on 18 February 2016)

PC usually comes first for MC and consoles later once they've got the code sorted.

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WolfpackN64 (on 18 February 2016)

Finally!

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