Minecraft Update 1.55 Out on PS4, PS3 & PS Vita

Adding a free Glide track (pictured above), support for a new skin pack, and plenty of fixes, Minecraft update 1.55 is now available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita in Europe and Japan. It will come to North America later today.

That new skin pack is called the Biome Settlers Skin Pack 2 and costs £1.69. The description says, “Dress as a denizen of the Nether or a Mushroom Island!”

Here’s the full list of patch notes for Minecraft update 1.55 on PlayStation platforms:

General

Added Canyon, a free Glide track.

Added Biome Settlers 2 Skin pack.

Added Terracotta and Glazed Terracotta layers to Tumble.

Improved performance in Solo Glide when restarting the level (particularly with split-screen spectators).

Totem of Undying now also applies Fire Resistance II.

Fixes

Fixed some areas where it was possible to escape from Battle maps or Glide tracks.

Fixed a bug where players were unable to milk a Cow in Creative Mode.

Fixed a bug where players were being teleported back to the Nether portal shortly after arriving in the other dimension.

Fixed a bug where broken Banners wouldn’t stack with crafted Banners.

Fixed a bug where Wheat, Ladders, and Banners were not correctly spawning in Woodland Mansions.

Fixed a bug where Monster Spawners in Woodland Mansions were Pigs instead of Spiders.

Fixed a bug where the Item Frame icon appeared when holding a Map.

Fixed an incorrect death message when players were killed by Zombie Villagers.

Fix for custom names of Mobs not being shown in death messages.

Fix for being unable to unlock “Sniper Duel”.

Fix for being unable to unlock “Camouflage”.

Fix for MCCE #5183 – Player can kill a tamed Parrot with PvP disabled.

Fix for MCCE #5062 – Farmer Villagers only plant one seed after harvesting a whole crop of seeds from a field.

Fix for MCCE #4103 – Time spent on the Pause menu when under water counts towards the “Free Diver” trophy.

Fix for MCCE #3112 – When trying to throw food, Villagers throw it in the wrong direction.

Fix for MCCE #5219 – Two types of Bone Block with different pictures.

Fix for MCCE #4989 – Zombie Villager Spawn eggs are the wrong colour.

Fix for MCCE #5261 – Flower hitbox is displaced.

Fix for MCCE #4897 – Beds explode when TNT Explodes is disabled.

Fix for MCCE #4954 – Mobs can’t move with a block above them.

Fix for MCCE #3010 – Constructing an End portal in a certain method can lead to the End Portal being created next to the portal frame.

Fix for MCCE #5292 – Only regular Skeletons spawning in the Nether.

Fix for MCCE #5151 & MCCE #5208 – Item frames don’t show the custom name of their items.

The Xbox One and Xbox 360 version of the update is already out, and the Nintendo Switch and Wii U version of the update will be out within the next 24 hours.

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

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.