Minecraft developer Mojang has said it will change the way parrots are fed in the game after community members realised it could kill real birds. A feature of an upcoming update, parrots are currently fed with chocolate which would actually poison them.
Minecraft has officially launched on the Nintendo Switch, exposing one of the world's most popular games to even more players. The Switch Edition of the game comes with specially modified features from Minecraft's other console versions.
Mojang and Microsoft have rolled out an update to Minecraft that adds support for playing the hit game in virtual reality on the Oculus Rift. Coming four months after Minecraft landed on Samsung's Gear VR, the new version includes Rift-specific features.
Mojang has sold over 100 million copies of Minecraft, the hit game that started life as a barebones indie project. It makes Minecraft the second-biggest game in history, trailing only venerable classic Tetris in terms of sales.
Every secondary school in Northern Ireland is to receive free copies of the massively popular computer game Minecraft after the title was recognised for its unique educational potential and ability to teach children about the world.
"Minecraft" developer Mojang said today that it will continue to avoid the free-to-play craze that has hit other games this year with its "Scrolls" game.
