Minecraft: Console Edition gets its biggest update of the year

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Minecraft console players will have plenty to keep them busy over the holiday break.

Minecraft: Console Edition will be updated in late December with a stack of new features.

“This is the biggest update we’ve put out this year,” Mojang said on its blog. “There are new mobs, blocks, items, status effects and all manner of other tweaks.”

The developer listed just a few of the things Minecraft: Console Edition players will encounter – the rest of the update’s contents will be a surprise.

Elytra: Soar through The End on your freshly-minted insectoid glider, or, if you’d rather practice first, why not put your aerobatic skills to the test by generating a world with the new Amplified Terrain option?

End Cities, replete with End Ships, Chorus Plants, Chorus Flowers and Purpur blocks. Not all is as it seems, however – some blocks may conceal Shulkers, limpet-like enemies who fire homing rockets. Take a hit and you’ll take damage and experience something new, too: levitation! Elytra are essential to avoid an uncomfortable landing.

You can now use Dragon’s Breath to create Lingering Potions – throwable potions that leave a bubbling slick behind, ideal for ensnaring unwary pursuers.

These are features already available in the mothership (Mac and PC) build of Minecraft, if not the Windows 10 Edition, which shares a feature set with the more lightweight Pocket Edition.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2016/11/23/minecraft-console-edition-gets-its-biggest-update-of-the-year-in-december-with-elytra-and-end-cities/

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NickPosted:

I was playing Minecraft recently with Naggy, and i didn't even know half the stuff that was implemented to the game.

9ntyPosted:

I haven't played Minecraft over a year now and nice to see the game being updated.

TelePosted:

I haven't played minecraft in a long time, even though I have it on every device I can think of haha.

LebronIs6Posted:

I need to start playing MC more

EarnPosted:

I'm not to fussed about this since I don't play it but it's good to see them regularly updating their game on all platforms.

XboxPosted:

Seems like a awesome update, I got to start playing minecraft more.

DeftonesPosted:

Is this on PC? Not many people really play SP on PC.

MajPosted:

Remember playing this with my friends when it came out. Them were the days

FairfaxPosted:

Finally can't wait for this to happen omg!

MickersPosted:

Sounds like a really cool update to keep players interested.