One of our favorite games of last year and one of our most anticipated of this year sharing something in common it’s not just that they both start with the same letter, are sequels, and feature players wielding big guns. No, Battlefield 3 and Borderlands 2 now also share a connection to the indie megahit, Minecraft.
Borderlands 2 finally released yesterday just as Minecraft made expanded its player base to include Kindle Fire users. So, it’s wonderful timing for Mojang to see a few Easter Eggs from their flagship game appear in the Gearbox Software title.
Borderlands 2 is all about the loot, from weapons and ammo to upgrades and skins. One of those skins as we learned this week makes quite an unusually drastic change to the player face. If you come across the ‘Mine But Not Yours’ loot drop, this is what you’ll get [click to enlarge]:
Note the “Minecraft” skin selected along with the blocky head – the color is in reference to the default “Steve” skin from Minecraft.
But it’s more than just a little Minecraft-themed character customization that made its way into Borderlands 2. There’s also an actual mine to explore where players can literally mine (no equippable diamond swords unfortunately). The most exciting feature however, is the inclusion of Minecraft’s defining character: the creeper.
And this is how you can get there:
As for Battlefield 3, a game that launched last October but continues its lasting appeal via new content like the recently released Armored Kill DLC, it’s gotten a little love from the Minecraft community. Enjoy the walkthrough (video up top) of the Caspian Border map, one of the game’s most popular large outdoor maps.
It’s been entirely recreated in detail in Minecraft by MOZONE and is astonishingly accurate. We’ll take the opportunity to make the obligatory remark about how mods are important and desired for Battlefield 3 and how mods have helped grow and expand Minecraft into the game it is today. DICE, make that happen.
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Sources: imgur
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i love how some developers go above and beyond at showing love for games they enjoy playing, will def be visiting that minecraft cave (mainly just for the extra eridian currency and minecraft cosmetic stuff).
the only 2 easter eggs i know of are the minecraft one and the tmnt one, cant wait to start looking for others
It would be awesome if the two companies actually teamed up to create a game that uses Borderlands combat and gunplay with Minecraft’s randomly generated environment including dungeon and cave systems. The closest mix that I can think of is another indie game called 3079. An infinite world to explore with randomly generated guns (and mobs for that matter) and enemies that get increasingly tougher the further away you travel from your starting point. Cube World will be the same thing when it comes out (only with more focus on melee weapons and bow+arrows rather than guns).
starbound has both random weapon and map generator, it’s basically terraria on crack
(not finished yet and the dev team likes taking their sweet time).