Many video game companies are releasing prank-based updates for their popular games. Whether it's the updated physics in "Dying Light" to the Tinder clone in "World of Warcraft," there's a lot of apps to play with. But the best one came from one of the biggest games in history; "Minecraft."
"Minecraft" developer Mojang announced on Wednesday its new 1.10 update. This update skips the 1.9 update (likely in reference to "Minecraft's" current owner, Microsoft and its decision to skip the Windows 9 OS update in order to create the upcoming OS Windows 10). This update includes a variety of new features, including a new limit that only allows players access to one world, as well as "removing the ability directly harm other creatures." You should be "rewarded for helping, not hurting."
The update also removes the Health and Hunger bars since, as Mojang puts it, "we feel that these are not appropriate gameplay mechanics for a game about love, sharing and peacefulness." These two bars will be replaced with a new "Love" meter that fills up the more players help others, and others help the player.
But that's just the beginning. The animals and monsters are all getting a major redesign. Players will be able to ride chickens if they're less than two blocks tall; sheep will give their wool freely to players if they ask nicely, and pigs can climb walls. Creepers no longer explode when you meet them, skeletons will help you farm them, and zombies will let you hug them.
Villages and the world are also getting a major redesign. Rain was removed because "it upset a lot of players," while snow now had the ability to reveal hidden crates at midnight. According to Mojang, "Villagers will offer you help in picking up items or blocks, in exchange for a small fee for their services."
Kotaku has the full list of Mojang's updates, and they're amazing. Players can log onto their server now and take a look at the new update. However, this update will only be available for 24 hours.
