It has become the biggest selling game of all time, yet there doesn't seem to be any petering out of Minecraft's sheer vastness and overall success. Having recently celebrated eleven years in existence, the blocky, sandbox world is still pumping out updates to keep the game fresh and interesting, and now a new beta is coming which is going to add even more stuff, as well as bring back some things.
According to a recent post on the official site, Minecraft will be getting a new beta, which will include new sub-biomes and taller mountains. The sub-biomes will include lofty peaks, snow capped peaks, snowy slopes, mountain grove, and mountain meadow. In its current state, the game is unable to accommodate for these new mountainous ranges so in order to address that, the developer is increasing the height of the world from 256 to 320 blocks. At the moment there doesn't appear to be any release date, however it will be available on Xbox One, Windows 10 and Android.
On top of this, it will also be bringing back the Glow Squid along with a couple of additional features, such as players being able to use squid dye to color texts on signs. The Glow Squids were removed from Minecraft in a previous beta release temporarily due to game crashes, but will now make a reappearance in this version, 1.16.220.50. As with any update, there will be a slew of general fixes as well. This one will look at fixing several crashes, and will remedy a lot of bug issues with Dripstone, part of one of the latest biomes introduced late last year.
The new beta is part of the Minecraft Caves and Cliffs update which was announced last November. These latest updates are an experimental feature which players must activate by enabling the "Experimental Features" option for their world. As the name suggests, Caves and Cliffs works on mountains and caves by adjusting how they generate, but it also adds some new block types, biomes, items, and mobs to the game.
It seems as though no one is quite ready to see the end of Minecraft, especially given that it was the subject of the recent Bernie Sanders memes. Its phenomenal success means the developer is all too keen to keep pushing new updates and new betas, and fans are equally eager to keep on playing. Whether there will ever come a time when the game stops being updated remains to be seen, but that will likely be a dark day for millions of gamers.
Minecraft is available now on Mobile, PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
Source: Minecraft