Mojang's Minecraft is as popular as ever, with players building huge structures, creating mods with unique mechanics, and more seemingly all the time. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Mojang cancelled MineCon 2020, but announced it will still host Minecraft Live starting on October 3 at 9:00 a.m. PT. Yesterday, it was confirmed that Minecraft's next big update will be announced during the event.
In a video put out on the official Minecraft YouTube channel, Mojang Chief Brand Officer Lydia Winters told fans that the next big update (which she coyly avoided talking about) will be discussed at the beginning of the event, rather than at the end. "You don't want to miss the beginning of the show," she said, though the rest of Minecraft Live will also include opportunities like voting on the next mob to be added into Minecraft.
There will be a 20-minute community pre-show hosted before Minecraft Live, according to Winters, and the developer has provided both a worldwide time schedule and multiple ways to view the event on its website. It's unclear whether the show will also discuss Mojang's dungeon-crawling ARPG spin-off Minecraft Dungeons, which has more updates planned for the future.
The Minecraft Nether Update put out earlier this year made some radical changes for long-time players by adding new mobs, biomes, ore types, and a lot more to flesh out its hellish alternate dimension. The game has also seen smaller updates adding things like PlayStation VR support for Minecraft, so it will be interesting to see what big plans are coming next.
Minecraft is available now on Mobile, PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.