Minecraft Update 1.42 Today on PS4, PS3 & Vita Detailed

Designed to fix bugs and add support for the new Fallout Battle Map Pack DLC, Minecraft update 1.42 is now live on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita in Europe and Japan. Both the update and Fallout Battle Map Pack DLC will be available later today in North America.

Priced at $2.99 USD/£1.99, the Fallout map pack includes three new Battle maps, each inspired by the series. The description says, “The worlds of Fallout and Minecraft collide in the all-new Minecraft Fallout Battle Map Pack! Battle on the boardwalks of Libertalia, wreck each other in the ruins of Capitol and survive the onslaught in the General Atomics Galleria. The world may be a wasteland, but war never changes!”

Here’s the full list of patch notes for Minecraft update 1.42 on PlayStation platforms:

Added Fallout Battle Map Pack

Fix for Player’s character becoming invisible for other players when they ride a Minecart, Boat, Horse, Donkey, Pig or Mule, beyond they viewing player’s render distance.

Fix for a second Bonus Chests appearing near the centre of the world.

Fix for not being able to place a Pig in a Mob Spawner using a Spawn Egg.

Fix for crash that would occur if the player dropped an inventory item at the point a Battle round ended.

Fix for crash that would occur if the player had the inventory menu open at the point a Battle round ended.

Fix Player not riding a vehicle when they reload a save, if they were riding it when the game was saved.

Fix for crash when saving some particularly large and detailed worlds.

Fix for being able to leave the playable area of the large Cavern Battle Map as a spectator.

Fix for being able to fall off the Shipyard Battle Map at a certain location without dying.

Fix for being able to fall in a specific area of Frontier Battle Map without dying.

Fix for Renewable Energy not unlocking when the requirements were met for the first time.

Fix for Stone Axe instead of Diamond Sword appearing in the Chest in the Enchanting mini Tutorial area upon restarting this tutorial.

Change to allow crafting any wooden door to complete the Door crafting step of the Tutorial.

Fix for ‘Hit’ tooltip not benig displayed when Player targets crosshair at a Polar Bear, a Creeper or a Squid.

Fix for crash that occured when Shape box is changed a few times in Fireworks UI, after creating 64 Firework Stars.

Fix for a variety of issues that occurred after changing from an Online to and Offline game.

Fix for End Crystals’ beam persisting after the Ender Dragon’s respawn is interrupted by destroying the End Crystal with ‘TNT Explodes’ option disabled.

Fix for error that can occur when dropping items while standing in an active Nether Portal.

Fix for error when downloading PS3 save. (MCCE-3974) [PS4]

Fix for crash that can occur while flying around an unexplored world in Creative Mode. [PS3]

The update is also live on Xbox One and Xbox 360.

As revealed yesterday, Minecraft has sold 122 million copies across all platforms since launch.

[Source: Minecraft, PlayStation Store, 4J Studios (1), (2), Minecraft Forum (1), (2), (3)]

Games like Minecraft

PlayStation Games Like Minecraft
7 Days to Die

The Fun Pimps' 7 Days to Die is coming to PlayStation 4 courtesy of Telltale Games. It's basically a realistic Minecraft, as players will have to craft items and build defenses in order to survive in this post-apocalyptic game. The focus is definitely more on survival rather than building, though, so if you just want to create cool buildings then this might not be the right game for you.
Dragon Quest Builders

Dragon Quest Builders is coming to North America later this year, but Japanese players have already had the chance to check out this Dragon Quest spin on Minecraft. It's a pretty straightforward adaptation, as you'll be collecting items like rock, wood, and slime ooze to craft new objects. There's also familiar enemies to deal with.
DayZ

Set to release later this year, DayZ is a survival game based off the ARMA 2 mod of the same name. There's a zombie filled world to roam, and you'll have to determine if other players are friend or foe. While the focus is definitely on survival here, you can also build bases in order to protect your items.
Terraria

Available on PS3, Vita and PS4, Terraria is essentially a 2D version of Minecraft. That description does do it a bit of a disservice (as it adds some cool stuff such as boss fights), but the core gameplay will be familiar to any fan of Mojang's title. There's a lot of depth here, and I'd argue that it's a more focused (and better) game than what inspired it.
Don't Starve

Don't Starve features one of the best crafting systems in any survival game. You'll start off by creating simple objects like a pickaxe, but later on you can create stuff like a staff that shoots fire. It's available on both PlayStation Vita and PS4, and its multiplayer sequel Don't Starve Together is releasing later this year on consoles.
The Forest

Endnight Games' The Forest is a first-person survival game where players crash onto a mysterious island. Oh, and the island is filled with cannibals who took your son. So, yeah. The situation is pretty dire here, and this realistic-looking survival game has received rave reviews on PC. According to the developer, it's set to arrive on PS4 "sometime in 2016."
Fallout 4

Alright, so the main game of Fallout 4 isn't really like Minecraft at all. You can make some awesome settlements, though. Just look at the screenshot, which was made by Redditor RuxConk. It's a fun game in general, and the settlement building has a lot of depth if you want to dive into it.
Starbound

Starbound is very similar to Terraria, but it also has the distinction of being in space. Players are able to use a space shuttle to explore the rest of the galaxy and this futuristic take on the genre is something special. It's already out on PC, and is in development for PS4.
Ark: Survival Evolved

One way Minecraft could be made better is if it had dinosaurs, mainly because everything is better with dinos. Fear not, as Ark: Survival Evolved has plenty of the feathered reptiles (over 60 if you're counting) that want to stomp you out of existence. Thankfully, players can tame wild dinosaurs to use themselves and build bases in order to conquer the game world.
The Tomorrow Children

Q-Games' The Tomorrow Children is one of the most anticipated PlayStation 4 exclusives, and it should be releasing relatively soon. It's a mixture between Minecraft style building, gorgeous graphics that look straight out of an animated film, and a Soviet Union theme. Players won't have to wait too much longer to check out the latest idea to come from Dylan Cuthbert.