While we have to wait until much later next year for the full release of Minecraft Caves & Cliffs, the team at Mojang have put out some of the new bits to play with in a snapshot development build.

Two bits of big Minecraft news for you today, one being a change in the account system and another to deal with social interactions on servers.

Minecraft Live happened today and there were plenty of exciting announcements about the future of Minecraft, like the next major free upgrade with the Caves & Cliffs Update.

Are you a huge Minecraft fan? Get ready for a big load of news to come in as Mojang have announced a new Minecraft Live event happening on October 3.

Feeling adventurous? Minecraft has again become a whole lot bigger with the Nether Update now available.

Mojang has finally given the upcoming Minecraft Nether Update that's set to be huge for June 23, so much is going to be added!

It's hard to believe that Minecraft, a blocky survival game originally created over a weekend has gone onto sell over 200 million copies.

Mojang are busy bees working on a massive update to Minecraft, mainly focusing on expanding The Nether and you can test out this big update in a brand new Snapshot.

Mojang just released the stable Minecraft 1.15 build with a new stripey friend, the Buzzy Bee and a bunch of new blocks.

Mojang have announced some pretty huge additions coming to Minecraft during MINECON and some of it sounds quite exciting!

For those still playing Minecraft, you will be pleased to know a huge update named 'The Update Aquatic' is on the way with an ocean revamp.

Minecraft 1.12 is officially available and yes the Linux version continues to be supported. They've added a bunch of new blocks, parrots and a whole new advancements system and more.

Minecraft 1.12 development is well under way now and a few development snapshots have been released with some fun new additions. Parrots will be found in many different colours and it sounds fun.

That's right, post-Microsoft purchase Minecraft is still seeing great support for Linux. Their shiny new launcher is now available.

Minecraft 1.11 is now available which is the 'Exploration Update' aimed at making the world more interesting. They also showed off the new Minecraft launcher running on Linux recently.