With 4 new blocks, 2 new craftable items and a new rendering engine, the Minecraft Beta 1.3 update brings a lot to the table. Here's a guide to help you figure out what's new and what's changed.

Minecraft update 1.3.1 has gone live, and we're going to level with you: it sounds pretty awesome. This is easily one of the biggest Minecraft updates we've had since the game officially launched ...

Minecraft is expanding again. Mojang have announced that the game's new 1.3 update will arrive on August the 1st and will bring with it "A huge number of changes". It's been a bit of a wait since ...

The Minecraft 1.3 update launches on 1st August 2012, Mojang has announced. It includes a "huge" number of changes, the developer said, some to the "fundamental game engine".