Mojang has announced that the company has decided to open up the Minecraft: Pocket Edition beta program to everyone today. While this new beta program is open to everyone to join, it doesn’t mean that you’ll be immediately accepted into the program. If you do manage to get into the beta program, there are a few thing you’ll need to know.
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The other day Mojang rolled out the 0.7.4 update for Minecraft: Pocket Edition for both iOS and Android users. Today we see another quick update pushed out onto Google Play with version 0.7.5. as well. There isn’t a whole lot of news regarding this update as it is mostly just a bug fixing update, squashing a bunch of additional bugs in the game.
A quick update for Minecraft: Pocket Edition has arrived onto Android. This update, version 0.7.4., brings with it the ability to ignite Creepers by using flint and steel. Of course this can be a bit dangerous to do but the result and be pretty entertaining as well. However this is a minor feature for this update.
Minecraft: Pocket Edition 0.7.3 update now live, comes with better skies, double chests and more
The Minecraft: Pocket Edition 0.7.3 update that we’ve been talking about and keeping our eye out for has finally arrived. This update brings with it a multitude of fixes and improvements for Minecraft Pocket Realms but also some additional content that we touched on in our past coverage of this update.
The Minecraft: Pocket Edition 0.7.3 looks to be getting closer to finally being released onto Android and iOS. This update will feature mostly bug fixes since Minecraft Pocket Realms has been released in its beta for since the 0.7.0 update. However, it isn’t all bug fixes that will be coming with this update.
Mojang has finally pushed out the 0.7.2 update for Minecraft: Pocket Edition and while this particular update is mostly geared towards bug fixes, there are a few little new features to check out. For starters, player nametags should be available now with multiplayer. Also each server will now show what seed was used to render the map it is hosting.
Starting last week Mojang has begun to roll out available Minecraft Realms server slots for folks interested in hosting their own server so they can play with their friends. Since this is still labeled as an Alpha release, there are some bugs with Minecraft Realms that are currently being worked on, with some of them already being fixed and others being made ready to be released in the upcoming 0.7.2 update for Minecraft: Pocket Edition.
Since the release of Minecraft: Pocket Edition 0.7.0 Alpha people have noticed a few bugs happening in the game. Mojang was also aware of the bugs the moment the 0.7.0 hit devices and have been working on an 0.7.1 bug fix update to solve the current problems. Well that bug fix update is now available for download.
The next game to come out of the Mojang camp is a hybrid deck building strategy game called Scrolls. While Scrolls is a TCG style of game it also mixes other mechanics into it such as tower defense gameplay, board game mechanics and, of course, all the features that come along with a collectible card combat game.
We have been following the progress of the Minecraft: Pocket Edition 0.7.0 update since its inception, from the additional features that will be arriving with it to the full multiplayer experience that will be arriving with Minecraft Pocket Realms and even the delays. Now we finally have some good news for everyone, the update is on the way!