Minecraft beta 1.8 aka ‘The Adventure Update’ has been officially released, and will now update via the Minecraft client.<\/p>\n
What? You’ve already been playing 1.8? Those versions floating around for the last few days were pre-beta 1.8 beta test builds.<\/p>\n
It’s all rather eclectic, but makes perfect sense if you’ve been following the development saga of the Minecraft sensation<\/a>.<\/p>\n For future updates<\/a> leading to the full retail version 1.0 release scheduled for 18 Novembver 2011, we can look forward to: nightly build updates; a Nether Update; the decond Part of the Adventure Update; finished biome code and new biomes; Snowy Biomes; NPCs in Villages; use for experience (skills); animal breeding; increased number of Strongholds per map (from three to unlimited); and Boss Mobs in Strongholds.<\/p>\n The game is selling at a 25% discount while it is in beta, so you only have about 65 days left to pick it up<\/a> before you can kick yourself for paying full-price.<\/p>\n \n