Mojang seems to know that, like sharks, developers must continue to move forward at all times, lest they succumb to an early grave. The company's cuboid-smashing smash-hit Minecraft might be enough to allow Notch and crew a break, but rather than rest on their laurels the team at Mojang continues to plow ahead by working concurrently on three unannounced titles. One title is, of course, being spearheaded by Notch himself. As Minecraft's shimmering golden crown has been passed to Jens Bergensten, Notch is now free to focus on his new project that, according to Mojang CEO Carl Manneh, is still a complete mystery: 'What it is today, I don't think he knows himself,' Manneh told. 'We certainly don't. It's probably going to be a lot of testing and playing around to see what works.'

As for the developer's two other projects, Manneh says that Mojang is currently under non-disclosure agreements with other companies that prevent the developer from being as transparent as it would normally prefer. However, both games will be announced (and potentially even released) during the first half of 2012. Our gut instincts tell us that at least one of these new titles will be a Kinect-enabled rhythm/shmup thrift-store clerk simulator.

2 Shares Early this morning Mojang and Microsoft Studios released Minecraft 1.12 for Minecraft Java Edition for PC and Mac players. The update, nicknamed “World of Color”, was on the official Minecraft site by Jens Bergensten. World of Color To those following the snapshot builds it should be no surprise that a large part of the update is regarding colors. The blog post on Minecraft.net states “we bring you a fresh take on all the colored blocks in Minecraft.” The update also brings a few new blocks: glazed terracotta and colored concrete.

The terracotta blocks are among the most intricately designed blocks in the game, and can create different patterns depending on their orientation. The World of Color changes were added to which released last week.

Finally, beds can now also be made in a wide variety of colors. Minecraft 1.12 Adds Parrots!

Currently exclusive to the Java Edition of Minecraft, 1.12 added parrots! Parrots will spawn in jungle biomes exclusively.

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If you’re itching to see a parrot, try one of our. Recipe Book and Refreshed Advancement Model Beyond the color focus there are a few other updates specifically aimed at the development community. For those who make mini games and custom adventure maps, Minecraft 1.12 adds the Recipe Book as well as a revamped advancements system. Minecraft Seeds There were no changes to the seed generation algorithm in this release, so all compatible with Minecraft Java Edition 1.11 (or any other earlier version) will work for version 1.12.

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Getting Minecraft Java Edition 1.12 To download Minecraft Java Edition 1.12, simply open the Minecraft on your PC or Mac. As long as you are connected to the Internet, the launcher will detect the new version and download the update.