Update: Pre-release 1.7.1 has been released to address some serious crashes, including the inability to start on some Linux computers.

Here’s a list of cool things that may be coming your way on Friday, if the pre-release goes well!

-New world generation!
-Double the amount of biomes, with new trees/flowers/blocks.
-New “Amplified” world option.
-Less ocean, more awesome.
-New blocks!
-Two new types of wood.
-Stained glass! With both blocks and panes.
-Packed ice, red sand, podzol.
-Lots of new flowers, including double-tall versions of current plants.
-Portals can be bigger sizes!
-Fishing!
-Added more type of fish.
-Redone the fishing mechanics. Can now catch junk and treasure too.
-Fishing rod enchantments!
-Maps!
-Put them in an item frame and hang them on your wall. They’re extra big!
-Lots of new colours for lots of blocks!
-Now with less lag!
-Achievement & Statistics overhaul!
-Now both world (or server) specific.
-In multiplayer, it’s announced to everybody when you get an achievement.
-You can move your mouse over this in the chat to see what it was!
-Some new achievements and statistic types were added.
-Zoomable achievements screen!
-Multiplayer enhancements!
-Servers can now put a 64×64 image called “server-icon.png” in their folder, that you will see on your server list.
- You can see who’s online before joining a server; move your mouse over the player count!
-Lots of hidden preparation for allowing name changes.
-Resource pack changes!
-You can now have multiple selected.
-They can completely re-do your sounds, adding new ones or changing current ones.
-Servers can now recommend a resource pack for you to use.
-Chat & command improvements!
-New commands to spawn mobs or blocks of any type.
-Command block minecart!
-Clickable links to achievements and items.
-Click on somebody’s name in the chat to message them!
-Lots and lots of technical work!
-Completely rewrote how the network (multiplayer) works.
-Completely rewrote the sound manager.
-New graphics options.
-Basic shader support testing.
--Many bugs fixed, including:
[MC-291] – Screenshots are treated as links in the console.
[MC-673] – Sky/lighting doesn’t get darker during a thunderstorm
[MC-715] – V-Sync in Window mode, settings not activated between sessions.
[MC-784] – Letters in Arabic Language not connected
[MC-881] – Boat inflicts fall damage if it runs aground in some fashion (Slabs, Mobs, Soul Sand)
[MC-944] – Armour with Protection on it seems to reduce against hunger damage
[MC-1018] – Black Lighting under overhangs
[MC-1105] – Villagers act like it is Raining when they are in the Desert, and it Rains elsewhere.
[MC-1379] – Transparent texture makes transparent texture behind invisible
[MC-2638] – Old AI mobs and Wolves don’t turn back to passive in Creative
[MC-2915] – Attempting to tp to an invalid coordinate returns “commands.generic.double.invalid”
[MC-3305] – Cyrillic font not displaying on signs and in chat (Russian language)
[MC-3871] – Cauldron water does not put out fire / damage blaze
[MC-3973] – Silk Touch, pre-lit Redstone Lamps
[MC-4150] – Baby Zombies do not drop any loot / xp
[MC-4482] – Saplings placed on Farmland are not affected by Bonemeal
[MC-4732] – Tools and weapons lose durability without doing damage
[MC-4921] – Sounds (eg. Mobs / Portals / Water) Don’t Immediately Fade
[MC-4973] – Zombie Pigman from Nether Portal still spawns even if doMobSpawning is false
[MC-5238] – 10 MB server texture pack limit too small
[MC-5305] – Arrows from a flame bow aren’t extinguished from rain
[MC-5550] – Night Time Doesn’t Immediately Allow Sleep
[MC-6820] – The generation of terrain surface layer produces local straight glitches (fix included)
[MC-7449] – Silverfish infected Stone Brick varients appears as normal stone brick.
[MC-8331] – Command block text disappears if too long
[MC-9271] – Opening a singleplayer world is counted as a multiplayer join in the statistics
[MC-9547] – Incorrect usage string for `/scoreboard teams empty`
[MC-9779] – Old versions of output-server.log and lock files remain on harddisk
[MC-10077] – Ajasent Obsidian Blocks prevent Nether portal appearing
[MC-10257] – when a pig gets struck by lightning it spawns without a sword
[MC-10984] – GS4 query listener fails to send player list when len(players) > 127
[MC-11027] – Axes accelarate the speed at which Slabs are broken
[MC-11280] – Sometimes Water flows out of newly generated Village Farms
[MC-11518] – RCON and Scoreboard Command Output Formatting
[MC-12450] – Missing usage string commands.scoreboard.players.list.usage
[MC-12452] – Scoreboard team join command fails on invalid team name
[MC-12454] – Scoreboard option seeFriendlyInvisibles not listed in usage
[MC-12541] – the letters for the ‘off’ setting on smooth lighting aren’t capitalised
[MC-12731] – Minecraft crashes if you click edit or delete on a LAN game
[MC-12769] – when typing /help with a number higher than 4, it produces the wrong message
[MC-12984] – getting a locked chest pushed into your head crashes the game
[MC-13565] – Fireworks sometimes don’t stack when they should
[MC-13661] – When re-sizing window before game loads internal view doesn’t resize
[MC-14521] – Boats cannot be steered by using the “left” and “right” keys
[MC-14865] – Carpets Are Not Flammable
[MC-15547] – Structures (witch huts, nether fortresses etc.) don’t get saved with the world file
[MC-15564] – Start up failure: “Cannot determine close requested state of uncreated window”
[MC-15688] – Axe breaks all slabs in adventure mode. No drops for stone.
[MC-16324] – Massive Amount of “[SEVERE] Reached end of stream” messages
[MC-16435] – Boats Still Break on Lily’s
[MC-16849] – Crash near pyramid
[MC-16910] – Packet250CustomPayload(dk)
[MC-17090] – Invalid teamcolors throw an NPE in the console
[MC-17831] – Crash selecting resource pack [13w24b]
[MC-18569] – Server resourcepacks not implemented yet
[MC-18672] – Textures disappearing after setting player walkSpeed to 0
[MC-19483] – sounds playing after leaving world
[MC-19604] – Cannot /playsound records
[MC-21870] – Screen goes blank when modifying walk speed
[MC-22927] – Animals running forever after being hit
[MC-26151] – Minecraft has advice on an error report that should be deleted.
[MC-26608] – /spreadplayers confirmation text is wrong
[MC-26660] – Constant minecart sound
[MC-27284] – /scoreboard teams option color: Tab doesnt list all options.
[MC-27904] – The Hindi, Malay and Norsk (Bokmål) language appear 2 times
[MC-28400] – Breeding animals gives xp even if doMobLoot gamerule is false
[MC-28405] – The saddle equip sound effect does not play when equipping a pig with a saddle.
[MC-28478] – Successful hit sound effect does not match the sound in the assets sound folder
[MC-28625] – The horse armor equip sound does not play when replacing others
[MC-28768] – Horse Breeding Doesn’t Produce Markings Correctly on Foal
[MC-29088] – Shearing sound does not play when shearing a mooshroom
[MC-29279] – Bug: the command block can be damaged by the explosion of Blue Wither Skulls
[MC-29321] – Jukeboxes play at the sound volume for effects until you change the music volume
[MC-29361] – Oceans are too big
[MC-29424] – Players appear offset for other clients after going through nether portals
[MC-31031] – Spawn eggs can be used on top of water, but not lava
[MC-31065] – Villages not generating? (snapshot 13w37b)
[MC-32250] – Typo on “Unable to Load Worlds” screen
[MC-32534] – piston extention givies tile.nill.name
[MC-32679] – Spawned in enderportals are not nameable

To help test the pre-release, open your launcher and press the “New Profile” button. Call it “snapshots” and check the box saying “Enable experimental development snapshots” and save. To switch to the normal version, you can select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher.

Server jar: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.7.1/minecraft_server.1.7.1.jar
(On windows, right click -> open with -> java)

Hey guys 4J studio has a surprise for us! Wonder what it will be?

Hey guys heres a really great pixel art map created by bushmanj. This map has from Zelda to Steve.


Downlaod
Here

The Natural Texture Pack is coming soon! #MinecraftXBLA pic.twitter.com/90ZVvekF2F
— 4J Studios (@4JStudios) October 15, 2013

Hey guys 4J Studio has released some pictures for the next MCXBLA texture pack called " Natural Texture Pack" Here are some pictures. Enjoy!

Some more surprising news on 0.8.0 is that Johan Bernhardsson is going to add Carrots, Potatoes, pumpkins and pumpkin pie.

Johan Bernhardsson's latest tweet is a picture of what will be in 0.8.0.

Bug [MC-14865] – Carpets Are Not Flammable
Bug [MC-29588] – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException – Invalid Biome id
Bug [MC-30811] – TellRaw – Tab Complete
Bug [MC-32880] – Crash with falling blocks / when giving technical/invalid blocks
Bug [MC-34641] – Pausing the game not working correctly
Bug [MC-34642] – Typo "White Stained Glass Pane Pane"
Bug [MC-34645] – Maximum render distance at 8 chunks
Bug [MC-34647] – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException / Crash when selecting Resourcepack
Bug [MC-34650] – Hopper: java.lang.NullPointerException / Collision of entities
Bug [MC-34676] – Iron bars render oddly
Bug [MC-34679] – Stained Glass Pane recipe only yields 6 panes as opposed to 16
Bug [MC-34705] – NullPointerException thrown on server login

Server Files:
-Cross-platform jar: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/13w41b/minecraft_server.13w41b.jar
-Windows EXE: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/13w41b/minecraft_server.13w41b.exe

We have now submitted 0.7.6. This version mostly fixes things for Realms. Now back to working on 0.8.0. :)
— Johan Bernhardsson (@jbernhardsson) October 11, 2013

 Well it looks like 0.7.6 has bin submitted which means we should have it next week for ios users. For Android, it should already be released. I  recommend not updating to 0.7.6 because it comes with a bunch of single player bugs.

~BeatGaming(Nathan)

Hey guys, here is a map made called Kix Parkour. The map has more than 10 unique stages!!
Download now to see if you can beat this epic map.

Map Creator: ToolKix

Download:
Get it now

check this video out by ToolKix YT channel and subscribe to him guys because it
really helps him out.

creator: Tengus
      The Story 

You wake up on a raft and asking yourselve what has happened in the last hours.
Slowly your memories come back up.
Fire everywhere!!!
Screaming people!!!
A rumble of gunfire and then?...
Darkness... It wraps around you and try to pull you down...
Down into the infinite depths of the ocean...
You try to repress the horrible memories and think clearly what happened.
There it hits you like a bolt.
Pirates!!!
They attacked the ship!!!
At that moment you realize that your raft was flushed through the flow pretty close to an island approachd.
´´Saved!!´´ You think.
You swim to the island and there you find a house with a diary by a buddy of yours.
He also strandet here and try now to find the pirates and destroy their ship too.
You decide to help him.
Gradually, you will discover the dark secrets of the island and that the pirates are only the smallest problem.
  
 Pictures: 
                                    
Treasure map







You need to install the custom-made texture pack.The texturepack is in the zip-file of the download. Read the Rules.txt-File before installing the map!!!! 

This map has every hidden for MCPE such as a clock, boats, brewing stands, enderpearls ,etc!!

creator: enderlp99

 Download:
Get it now here





      

The Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack is rolling out now! May take some time to be available worldwide. #MinecraftXBLA
— 4J Studios (@4JStudios) October 9, 2013

Hey guys the new Battle & and the Beast  skin pack has bin released today!
It could take some time depending where you are but i think it should be out for everyone.

here enjoy some nice gameplay by  Bigbst4tz2




  ~BeatGaming(Nathan)

Battle & Beasts Skin Pack 2 for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Coming This Wednesday! http://t.co/muo7yXd5ID
— Microsoft Studios (@PlayXBLA) October 7, 2013

Hey guys Microsoft Studio tweeted that  the new skin pack "The battle and the beast 2" will
be released this Wednesday!!
You can grab this Skin Pack on Wednesday, October 9th for $1.99 / €1.89 / £1.29!

Click here to view screen shots

~BeatGaming(Nathan)

A couple hours ago Johan Bernhardsson tweeted saying that he was going to add more blocks in 0.8.0, Patrick Geuder later asked him "what kinda blocks?".

Tommaso Checchi recently tweeted a picture of the sky, It now has a proper colour and the clouds are 3D aswell.

*NOTICE*(their hasn't been that much new lately)

~PeterChubsIOSgaming

          


                 SuperCraftBros2.5 is a really fun minigame made by TeamSerperior

 Play with your friends or play with your enemies. Have fun!

Objective: 
The general goal of the map is to kill all of your opponents, and win your battles.


 Details:
- six brand new classes
- zombie
-pigman
- cactus
- squid
- ghast
- silverfish
- creeper
 and more!

 -a sick battlefield such as
 - village
- stadium
- candyland
- nether
- swampland
 and  more!

                                                         Download:
                                                      Get it now here

Hey guys check out this awesome spleef map!!

Details:
 Its a remake of the first map mirror caverns and
 it can be played 1v1.
creator: mcpestuffs

download:  

Get it now

 direct download:

Get it now 

Hey guys this seed is so awsome and the best part is it has a floating island!!






Seed: its a pig
 

founder: fabian from the minecraft seeds pro app

RT @PlayXBLA: Battle and Beasts Skin Pack 2 Coming Soon To Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition! http://t.co/3cq3JaeCrZ
— 4J Studios (@4JStudios) October 4, 2013

Its  a second of the Battle & the Beast skin pack that was released earlier this year, this skin
pack brings us a lot more animals, more warriors, and very interesting mammals.




                    Check out some screen shots:
 






pictures from here

~BeatGaming(Nathan)