Minecraft Just Dropped Big News—Here’s Everything You Should Know – Kotaku

They are remarkably adorable, but they aren’t the only notable update aspect. Mojang also announced:

• Seven new default skins — describing it as part of their focus on player creativity and expression, Minecraft’s developers announced additional default skins. These skins add different skin tones, hair colors, though generally the same blocky features (it’s a block game) to players’ starting options.
• Real bookshelves you can interact with
• Bamboo — this material can be used to create buildings or rafts for cruising bodies of water
• Hanging signs for showing off businesses (or whatever you want)

Minecraft Dungeons goes Halloween

Outside of the 1.20 update, Minecraft developers disclosed that the flagship game’s dungeon crawler sibling Minecraft Dungeon, first released in 2020, would gain a few Halloween-y additions. This includes some spooky outfits, like the Hungriest Horror Armor set, the (free) Cloaked Armor Set, and a Minecraft Dungeons Heroes Skin Pack for playing everyday dress up in.

Additionally, the game’s third seasonal adventure themed event, Fauna Faire, will start on October 19. It has a nature theme, and it’ll add some tree-hugging free content and cosmetics, as well as a creepy Phantom Familiar pet, to the game.

Gotham Knights watch out—Minecraft now has a Batman DLC

Minecraft’s Batman DLC will let you take down fan-favorite villains like Harley Quinn, the Joker, and the Riddler with puzzle-solving and combat. It also presents a sprawling Gotham City as it’s never been seen before, as a series of towering cubes. We should demolish all pre-war buildings and compact them into cubes.

The DLC will become available on October 18, but a Batman Cap is already available for free in the character creator.

Minecraft Legends is launching in 2023

Finally, Minecraft developers provided an in-depth look at and demo of Minecraft Legends, a strategy game spinoff previously announced this summer.

The pleasantly pastoral game will include a four-player co-op and release in spring 2023

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