Big News for the Future of MCPE

If you haven't already, follow us on Twitter. We have recently experienced a problem uploading on our blog. But hopefully, it will be working now - so that we can keep you more updated, unlike the last few days. So, all the news has been tweeted on our Twitter @Zajofa_MCPE, and this post is a more detailed update on our tweets and also some things we didn't mention.

As for now, we have some big news that we tweeted a couple of days ago! We will give you a rundown of all the news that has been released this week. 

The next update will be known as 0.7.4 and will be bug fixes from the latest 0.7.3 and bugs also been missed from before then. Not only that but there will be some other changes or tweaks too. These will be: Realms Fixes, Tool Breaking Sound, Darker Clouds (Similar to those in MCPC) and possibly Flint and Steel in Creative - so you can denote TNT and set things on fire, a great way to get rid of unwanted trees without the hassle of destroying them yourself. 

Also, the bigger news comes from Johan Bernhardsson (Developer of MCPE @jbernhardsson) talking on 0.8.0! This new update will include: Minecarts (a long wanted feature of Pocket Edition), Rails, Powered Rails (which for the moment until Redstone is released - more on that later - will always be powered) and again another possibility of infinite worlds! How brilliant all this stuff will be when released. We do not have a release date but we know that there will be more features other than these mentioned for 0.8.0. We will keep you updated as always on all the news of this. 

Another thing we need to mention is that Redstone will be mineable in 0.8.0, but cannot be used as of then. So, you can store it all in your chest - no need to leave it in the way when mining - ready to use for a later day, when Redstone will be implemented. An announcement by Johan said that Redstone should be implemented after version 0.9.0. 

As for the news on 0.9.0, there will also be new biomes, possibly caves and if infinite worlds is not released in 0.8.0, it could be in 0.9.0 in the late future.

As for now, that is all we have for news of the next updates of MCPE. But we are sure more news will be released in the days and weeks to come and we will keep you updated on that! So follow us on Twitter and Subscribe on YouTube for more latest news and videos on tips and tricks, as well as builds and realms.

More MCPE Update News

If you have been following out tweets, it may become obvious why I there haven't been many blog posts. I have been on holiday, and now that I am back - everything will be back to normal. More tweets, more posts and more overall on Minecraft Pocket Edition updates. As for now, the next update (0.7.3) will be out in 1-2 weeks from now! Exiting huh...! This update will include all of the features mentioned in the following posts plus a new slab block - The Quartz Slab!
Stay tuned for more information - follow our Twitter, subscribe on YouTube and keep up to date on our blog! As for our YouTube, we will be bringing out an update video on 0.7.3 when it is out on all the new features!

I just submitted #mcpe 0.7.3, should be out in one to two weeks.

— Johan Bernhardsson (@jbernhardsson) August 8, 2013

Bug Fixing and YouTube-ing!

Today has been a pretty silent day in the MCPE World. The game developers have pretty much added all they have wanted to add, and now doing the boring part of bug squishing! We suspect the update (0.7.3) to come out sometime next week or the week after. If you haven't already, read our previous blog post for a recap of all the confirmed features for this upcoming update.
However, on a local scale, we have released our 2nd YouTube video on our new channel. If you haven't already, subscribe to our channel to have all our video's in one place, and also to access our video's as soon as they have been uploaded! This new tutorial video, shows you how to make an Automatic Chicken Egg Farm, either in Survival Mode or Creative. Not only does it show you how to get those precious eggs to make some cakes, it also shows a more complex chicken farm that uses the same concept as the one we show the viewers how to make at the start of the video. Don't miss out, make sure to view our video's now at our channel here.
So, that's about it for today MCPE news but make sure to follow our Twitter for the latest update news, and also more confirmations!

On our Twitter, we posted a tweet and would like to see how many retweets that we can get. To help us, retweet it and ask others to retweet it too. Lets get this as high as we can!

What to Expect!

Recap of Confirmed Features for MCPE 0.7.3

Since Tommaso Checchi joined Mojang's Pocket Edition team, he has listened to users and added some of the "most missed features" on MCPE. Many of these features, including bug-fixes are going to be released in the next update (0.7.3). It is rumoured that this update will be submitted to the App Store and Play Store next week, for everyone to get their hands on. Following this update, we will be releasing a YouTube video on our channel about all the new features.

So, all the confirmed features are listed below:

• Yellow Splash-Text on the Menu Screen.
• Implemented the sun, moon and stars.
• Zombie's and skeletons now visually burn when in light.
• Chests have an open and close animation.
• Spider's eyes glow in the dark (scary...)
• Ability to reset your realms.
• Small changes to the login.

Including some bug fixes:

• Login Problems Fix
• [MCPE-3988] Furnace crash bug
• [MCPE-3989] Inventory bug
• [MCPE-4546] Capital "W" cannot be typed when naming a world.
• [MCPE-4546] Glowing Obsidian can yield resources with an Iron Pickaxe, but Obsidian can only be mined with a Diamond Pickaxe.

Possible features (NOT yet confirmed):

• Double Chests

We will keep you updated on any more confirmations, bug fixes and on the release date.

Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel now, as we will be adding another video later today.

Zachie150's MCPE Video's - YouTube

After our first few days of getting up and running, I am pleased to say that we now have our own YouTube channel called "Zachie150's MCPE Video's"! These video's will consist of tips, tricks, builds and realms. Our first video called "Ink Sac Glitch" shows you how to get black dye in Minecraft Pocket Edition without jailbreaking or downloading mods! We will be adding another video today, and at least one video a week! So not only can you follow our blog, follow us on Twitter and from today subscribe on YouTube!
If you have any video's you would like us to do, just comment or contact me on Twitter!

Link to our Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiP1u9LdTnEGZp0GbCSQbYA

Our YouTube Channel Art!