Minecraft: Dungeons Announced for PC

Minecraft: Dungeons, a brand new game set in the world of Minecraft, is coming to PC in 2019, Mojang announced today during Minecon Earth 2018.

Being developed internally by a “small and dedicated team” within Mojang, the developer describes Minecraft: Dungeons as an “action-adventure game inspired by classic dungeon crawlers.” It’ll support up to four players and feature various new weapons, items, and mobs, as well as a variety of environments to explore and an overarching quest that’ll see players face off against an enemy called the Arch-Illager.

“When I think of Minecraft I think about it as a multiverse,” Jens Bergensten, lead developer at Mojang told IGN. “Dungeons is essentially one Minecraft world with specific areas to go to, specific quests, and specific monsters. That said there are of course procedural elements to the game.”

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Minecraft Village and Pillage Update Announced

Minecraft’s next big update, which will add Pillagers and over 10 new Villagers, is coming in 2019, Mojang announced today during Minecon Earth 2018.

Appropriately titled Village and Pillage, the update introduces Pillagers, an unfriendly group of characters equipped with dangerous Beasts. Players will have the ability to defend villages from Pillager attacks.

The update will also bring eleven new Villagers to the world of Minecraft, including the Librarian, Butcher, Cleric Cartographer, Leatherworker, Fletcher, Shepherd, Farmer, Fisher, Armorer, Toolsmith, and Weaponsmith. Each new Villager will have unique design variations depending on which biome they’re found in.

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