

A Temple-inspired free map has also been confirmed, and will include jungles, mines and archeological dig sites. The themes of the paid maps confirmed so far include beasts, krakens, glaciers and Chinese Mythology. More maps will be added in the future both for free and as part of a Season Pass. If you miss it, there will be a replay available on .Today's Minecraft update builds on the addition of Elytra in the Christmas update, with a full launch track inspired by the Cavern map from Battle mode.

Mojang is currently streaming a preview of the new minigame. And the final one uses the Chinese Mythology pack – you’ll be flying alongside dragons and around the fantastic, epic terrain of China!” We have lots of yetis running through the map and giant fossils for you to avoid and to fly through. Then we have an exciting glacial track that uses the Ice Spikes biome as inspiration. You burst out into a huge open area with two battling ships and a giant, giant kraken that you fly right up and over. “We have a kraken-themed level which takes inspiration from Battle’s Cove map. “The first DLC pack going out will be themed around beasts,” says David.


It’s also worth noting that more maps are planned for the future, both as free and DLC additions to the game including a large-scale dragon you’ll get to fly around! It’s definitely worth a look to learn more about the background of Minecraft development. In the announcement post, Mojang also hosted a developer’s interview with 4J Studios about how the maps were created. Glide will support up to sixteen players, boosting up the max in the patch for other games as well and adding a ‘more spacious lobby’ for between game.But it looks like the maps for it will need to be quite large, seeing how the team could fly through their favorite Cavern Battle map in a matter of seconds.
