Minecraft Live, developer Mojang’s annual livestream celebration of Minecraft, has now been and gone for another year, revealing the winner of 2023’s mob vote, new content coming in its 1.21 update, new Star Wars DLC, and more. All of which comes as Mojang announces an absolutely monster milestone: Minecraft has now sold over 300m copies, meaning it’s still the best-selling game to date, but is now well over 100m sales ahead of its nearest rival, GTA 5.
Back to Minecraft Live, though, and Mojang’s celebrations began with the reveal of Minecraft’s Star Wars: Path of the Jedi DLC, which comes to the in-game Marketplace on 7th November. It’ll give players the chance to rise through the ranks from padawan to Jedi Knight – meaning, yes, there’s lightsaber combat and Force powers – on a journey featuring familiar Star Wars characters and locations to explore.
There’s more Minecraft DLC on the way in the form of a tie-in with the BBC’s upcoming Planet Earth 3, promising to “immerse players in the wonders of the natural world”. It’ll be available via Minecraft Education and the Minecraft Marketplace when it arrives in 2024.
