Now out in Europe and Japan, with North America getting it later today, the new Minecraft update for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita adds a free Glide track, support for the Adventure Time and Magic: The Gathering packs, and much more.
Here’s the full list of patch notes for update 1.50 (PS4)/update 1.49 (PS3, PS Vita):
Additions & Changes
- Added Adventure Time Mash-up Pack.
- Added Magic: The Gathering Skin Pack.
- Added Temple, a free Glide track.
- Your best run in Glide will now be recorded (as long as it is under 5 minutes), and a Ghost will fly alongside you in Solo Mode to help you improve!
- The default controls have been changed slightly, and you can now define your own control scheme in the options menu.
- Added Pick Block – This is unassigned by default.
- Added Off-hand slot for Maps and Arrows.
- Added Shulker Box item.
- Added Shulker Shell item.
- Added Iron Nugget item. You can now smelt Iron and Gold armour into nuggets.
- More items can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
- Added new Note Block sounds
- Added some new sound effects for filling Cauldrons, paddling Boats, using a Fishing Rod, and End Portals.
- Using a Firework while gliding with Elytra will now give you a boost. Don’t try this at home!
- Added Concrete Powder Blocks – 16 Different colors!
- Added Concrete Blocks – 16 Different colors!
- Added Glazed Terracotta Block – 16 Different patterns!
- Changed the color of Dyes, Wool and Banners
Bug Fixes
- MCCE-4249 – D-Pad controls broken when using remote play feature on PSVita to play Minecraft PS4 edition.
- MCCE-4554 – Take Damage when falling into slime block
- MCCE-4704 – Fall Damage being taken in 1×1 areas
- MCCE-4551 – Falling in shallow water is damaging players
- MCCE-2308 – Player Glitched out in Battle Mode
- MCCE-2902 – Squids not spawning in anything man-made
- MCCE-4604 – Battle Mode Spawn Glitch
- MCCE-2019 – Some times when with a arrow or hit the players scren will freeze or shake.
- MCCE-4223 – elytra fly glitch
- MCCE-3164 – Rabbits
- MCCE-4662 – Exp from Coal not going to mending
- MCCE-4591 – Map direction icon skewed
- MCCE-4278 – Banner are giant
The Adventure Time pack is £4.99, while the Magic: The Gathering pack is £2.49. Expect the USD price to be slightly above the UK price when the DLC becomes available later today in North America.
The update is also available for Xbox One and Xbox 360 right now, and should hit Nintendo Switch and Wii U within the day.
[Source: Minecraft Forum (1), (2), (3), 4J Studios (1), (2), (3), Minecraft]
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PlayStation Games Like Minecraft
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7 Days to Die
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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Ark: Survival Evolved
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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.
