Minecraft News

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Launcher Update!

* Added a launcher skin.
* Added Premium Mode.
* Added an option to keep the console window open
* Fixed a bug preventing usernames from showing up in the Profile Editor tab
* Fixed a few glitchy borders
* Fixed an occasional startup crash
* Massive code cleanup

Minecraft 1.6.2

This update fixes a lot of bugs and issues! Notable:

* Fixed horses getting hurt by walls
* Fixed animals escaping their pens
* Improved sprinting behavior
* Ctrl + left-click on Mac now acts as right-click

TeamExtreme

Client updates Coming Soon!

We just released our new Minecraft launcher but there is much more to come. What you're seeing right now is our proof of concept. This new launcher has the same UI structure as the new official launcher but we will be doing a few improvements to it. Don't worry your Minecraft launcher will update automatically.

Minecraft 1.6.1

The Horse Update!

Important: In order to get this update, you need the new “Minecraft Launcher". Download it here: https://minecraft.net/download and replace the old launcher.

Changes in 1.6:

+ Added Horses
+ Added Donkeys, Mules
+ Added Horse Armor
+ Added Leads
+ Added Carpets
+ Added Hardened Clay, Stained Clay
+ Added Block of Coal
+ Added Name Tags (item)
+ Added Hay Bales
* Texture packs are now “resource packs" that also can hold sound etc
* Food meter is now drained when healed by full food meter
* You can’t destroy blocks with a sword in creative mode
- Removed Herobrine

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Minecraft 1.5.1

* Fixed a bunch of bugs
* Improved performance
* Notable: Crash on Mac OS X on “OpenGL Function Not Supported”
* Notable: Unable to place paintings

Minecraft 1.5

Watch the Minecraft 1.5 Redstone Update in song form: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmpxpH-tMWc

+ Added Redstone Comparator (used in Redstone logic)
+ Added Hopper (collects items and moves them to containers)
+ Added Dropper (similar to Dispensers, but always drops the item)
+ Added Activator Rail (activates TNT Minecarts)
+ Added Daylight Sensor
+ Added Trapped Chest
+ Added Weighed Pressure Plate
+ Added Block of Redstone
+ Added Nether Brick (item)
+ Added Nether Quartz and ore
+ Added Block of Quartz, with half blocks and chiseled variants
+ New command: /scoreboard
+ New command: /effect
+ Containers and mobs can have custom names
* Inventory management has been changed, for example you can drag-place items over slots
* Texture packs now have separate images for each block and item, and can have animations
* Nether Quartz Ore now spawns in the Nether
* Smooth lighting now has three settings (none, minimal, maximum)
* More detailed death messages
* Some hostile mobs now are harder in Hard difficulty
* Many, many, bug fixes
- Removed Herobrine