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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Jack Black has joined the cast of “Minecraft,” a live-action adaptation of the popular video game. As previously announced, Jason Momoa is starring in the movie alongside “Wednesday’s” Emma Myers and “The Color Purple” actor Danielle Brooks. Production is expected to begin imminently in New Zealand.

Minecraft players are being warned about a significant vulnerability in a number of modded servers, leaving their machines defenceless against hackers.As reported by Tom’s Hardware, the Minecraft Malware Prevention Alliance (MMPA) notified players over the weekend of this discovery. “BleedingPipe is an exploit being used in the wild allowing FULL remote code execution on clients and servers running popular Minecraft mods on 1.7.10/1.12.2 Forge,” the team explained.They added that there may be more versions of Minecraft that could be at risk of the exploit and suggested that players take this warning seriously.

Mojang Studios has announced that Minecraft‘s upcoming 1.20 Trails and Tales update will release on June 7.The developer shared details about update 1.20 back in October but has officially confirmed the release date, stating that all players can download the major patch next month for free across all platforms.A new blog post provides more information, where Mojang dived into the specifics.

Mojang has revealed the final feature set to be included in Minecraft’s upcoming 1.20 update – a cherry blossom biome.Minecraft’s 1.20 update was revealed last year and will be released at some point in 2023. Mojang has spent the past few days revealing what features the 1.20 update will entail including the sniffer which is, according to a press release, an “ancient mob” that was voted for by fans.Yesterday (February 14) Mojang unveiled that the final feature to be included in the big Minecraft update is the cherry blossom biome.“This beautiful biome is filled with cherry blossom trees that bring a unique look to the horizon as their crowns are big and flat, like fluffy pink clouds.

Mojang developers has launched a pledge to tackle irresponsible NFTs in gaming.Environmental video game group Climate Replay has launched its NFT / Digital Ownership Pledge on its website in a bid to help the industry “work towards a sustainable, socially responsible, equitable future for all.”The organisation is encouraging people to sign the pledge to “tell studios to always put players and planet first.”“We recognise that for many studios, discussing the possibility of NFTs or digital ownership is not a matter of ‘if’, but ‘when’,” starts the announcement.At their best, games introduce us to new friends; immerse us in vivid worlds; and help us through tough times. At their worst, they're a cynical way to make a quick buck.

Jordan Moreau From the watery kingdom of Atlantis to the dangerous deserts of Arrakis, Jason Momoa may be heading to the video game world of Minecraft for Warner Bros, Variety has confirmed.The “Aquaman” and “Dune” star is in talks to join a live-action movie based on the massively popular Minecraft video game, which is the best-selling game of all time with more than 238 million copies sold since its release in 2011.Jared Hess, known for directing “Napoleon Dynamite,” “Nacho Libre” and more, will helm the film. Mary Parent and Roy Lee will produce, and Jill Messick will receive a posthumous credit for working on the film prior to her death in 2018.

Minecraft were discovered on a group of youth’s phones.As reported by Moscow Times (via Eurogamer), three teens – Nikita Uvarov, Denis Mikhailenko, and Bogdan Andreyev – were all 14 when they were arrested in 2020 for hanging political leaflets around an FSB building in Siberia. The FSB is Russia’s security service, and is the successor of the KGB.The trio have since been found guilty of “undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities,” which the state says includes plotting to blow up an FSB building they had constructed in Minecraft.This was discovered via the teens’ phones, which – as well as showing a plot to blow up the building in Minecraft – allegedly also included videos of them making pyrotechnics and throwing Molotov cocktails at a wall.Now, Uvarov has been issued a five year sentence to be carried out at a penal colony, whilst Mikhailenko and Andreyev were given three and four-year suspended sentences respectively.Before being given a harsher sentence for his part in the Minecraft “plot”, Uvarov was kept at a pre-trial detention centre where he says he was put under mental and physical pressure.In his closing statement to court, Uvarov said “I am not a terrorist, I am not guilty,” and added that he “would just like to finish my studies, get an education and go somewhere far away from here, somewhere I don’t irritate anyone from the special services.”Earlier in the week, it was announced that the ‘My Wedding Stories‘ pack for The Sims 4 will not launch in Russia due to the country’s homophobic law.

Minecraft is synonymous with its blocky appearance, but a combination of mods can now transform the game’s visuals into something resembling a AAA game with Pixar-style visuals.As spotted in GamesRadar, the results of the mod, which uses the Devorian Steampunk Resource Pack and Kappa Shaders, looks quite unlike Mojang’s creative building sim.However, achieving these results appears to come at the risk of being too much work for even the most powerful GPUs. The below screenshot also appears to be the only image shared so it’s not known how the rest of the game actually looks with the mods.

Make-A-Wish Foundation, a non-profit organisation that helps make wishes come true for children with terminal and critical illnesses, has helped an aspiring game developer live out his Minecraft fantasies.As part of their ongoing work, one of these wishes saw one kid visit a bunch of different studios, including Mojang Studios‘ new Seattle-based offices, as “he wanted to spend the day with game developers, learning the ins and outs of creating a game.”In a post detailing the visit, Minecraft Community Manager Kristina Horner explains that “while he had the chance to spend time with a number of different studios within Xbox, the Minecraft team tried to make our time with him something really unique.”After a quick, COVID-safe tour of their

Minecraft is set to receive the first part of its next update Caves & Cliffs on June 8.Mojang Studios has announced that a new update will be released for the Java version of Minecraft, as well as Minecraft: Bedrock Edition on every platform it is currently available on, which includes Xbox Series X|S, PS5, Nintendo Switch, iOS and PC.The new update is being split into two parts. The first part, 1.17 is available on June 8, will contain new wildlife in the form of goats and axolotl, as well as a new enemy mob called the Warden, a blind mob that lurks in the Deep Dark Biome.New blocks including copper, amethyst, and more are also being added to the game.