Minecraft: Pocket Edition to get 'significantly bigger worlds'

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The mobile version of Minecraft - AKA: Minecraft: Pocket Edition - is being coded to allow for big changes - literally. Developer Mojang announced on its site that the team is "restructuring a lot of code to allow significantly bigger worlds in future updates," as well as tweaking creature AI and the inventory system.

There's no release date for the Pocket Edition updates, but Mojang wrote that "everything is going to plan." We presume this sentence was written while stroking a fluffy white cat and/or onboard the Death Star.

Mojang is also "pausing" access to the Pocket Realms beta, which allows for persistent worlds stored on private servers. "The Realms team is currently focused on the upcoming release of PC Realms," Mojang wrote. "Once that's done, we'll be in a better place to work on Pocket Realms and make it as good as it possibly can be, which will be later this year." The pause will go into effect on March 1.

Posted: Feb 24, 2014 12:30 pm
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/02/23/minecraft-pocket-edition-to-get-significantly-bigger-worlds/

Comments

-DanPosted: Tue. Feb 25, 2014

This will be a great update for the Pocket Edition

TravitorPosted: Tue. Feb 25, 2014

Calyx The pocket edition needs a lot more than just bigger worlds.

you mean needs the beta update. but world size is the biggest issue. it even has a hight limit

TravitorPosted: Tue. Feb 25, 2014

the PE was very limited in world space, so this is a HUGE update. the only downfall of playing minecraft on mobile was that the world was too small, so the game was limited. I'm sure this will make the PE much more popular, this is amazing for the kids.

AdamuPosted: Mon. Feb 24, 2014

Never played the pocket editon bit it seems hard too use.

Third_EyePosted: Mon. Feb 24, 2014

The time to slack during school hours awaits.

DJMarkyMarkPosted: Mon. Feb 24, 2014

I never really enjoyed playing Minecraft on my phone. It seems hard to control and I would much rather play it on my PC.

AxePosted: Mon. Feb 24, 2014

That seems like it would be a good thing to have. I find the pocket edition really hard to use though.

VPNPosted: Mon. Feb 24, 2014

Aytrix As soon as I get used to the controls, this game will be fun.

I guess for you. In my case I don't like any mobile games out there.

OasisPosted: Mon. Feb 24, 2014

Calyx The pocket edition needs a lot more than just bigger worlds.

Agreed but at least their changing it, only a handful of mobile games get this much maintenance. Most just get forgotten about.