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Minecraft is an open world game that has no specific goals for the player to accomplish, allowing players a large amount of freedom in choosing how to play the game. However, there is an achievement system. Gameplay by default is first person, but players have the option to play in third person mode. The core gameplay revolves around breaking and placing blocks. The game world is essentially composed of rough 3D objects—mainly cubes—that are arranged in a fixed grid pattern and represent different materials, such as dirt, stone, various ores, water, and tree trunks. While players can mo...

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What started out as a fairly basic sandbox creation game, nobody could have imagined the heights that Minecraft would eventually reach. From its indie beginnings with a small studio called Mojang, Minecraft is now owned by tech giant Microsoft and is available on almost every game platform that is available on the market. It has become one of the most successful video games of all time. The concept of Minecraft…

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is minecraft going to be released on the playstation 5 when the console launches at the end of the year. Will there be a official release for the console to take advantage of the increased power?

If I start a new level on the PS4 version of the game and I build a bunch of structures and spend some time mining for diamonds, can I then copy that world and play it on iOS or Switch when I am on the go?

Will seeds that people discover using any of the console versions of Minecraft work with the pocket edition on mobile devices?

When is the bedrock edition of minecraft being released on the Playstation 4? There are lots of great seeds for it that don't work for PS4

Does the Playstation 4 edition of Minecraft support the mods that people are using on the Pc version of the game?

I have spent a lot of time playing on different worlds. I always spend a lot of time in the forests since there is a lot of wood and they are less hostile. I have seen videos of people finding these big woodland mansions that usually have lots of great resourses inside of them. I […]

It often seems like there are some special seeds that are added by the developer. You can tell by the weird names/numbers that often have a double meaning. If they go to the effort of doing this, why do updates constantly break these seeds and force everyone to have to find new seeds if they […]

Is there anything that can be done to stop Creepers from exploding after the fuse sound has been made to signal that he is about to explode? I know killing the creeper will prevent the explosion, but are there any other ways to prevent the explosion without killing it?

When you arrive in the Nether for the first time, one thing that will stand out are the massive white things with tentacles that are flying around. To make things worse, they shoot big fire bombs at you which gives little time for you to study them. What are these creatures called?

Are you able to enable cheats in an existing Minecraft world without having to make a copy of the seed or start all over again?