14 DAY TRIAL // Minecraft Pocket Edition hasn’t been updated in months. The latest update released for the Android version of the game arrived back in January, but since then there was no new content for the game.
However, this is about to change as developers have just confirmed that the next update, beta 0.11, should bring new gameplay features like controller support.
Mojang developer Tommaso Checchi confirmed that they would have to “raze the entire UI” of the game in order to be able to properly add controller support “among other things.”
The “among other things” tag refers to some of the new features that Mojang already revealed a while ago, but new stuff might be in the pipeline as well.
For those unaware, beta 0.11 for Minecraft Pocket Edition should bring tons of new features, but also new mobs.
Boats rideable by 2 mobs, skins, New World edit screen, lock/unlock day cycle are just some of the new features confirmed to arrive in the coming weeks.
But that's not all, as Mojang plans to add mob effects (poison), redstone block to store dust, grass path block, as well as text formatting codes.
No ETA on release has been given yet
Also, the next update might bring stone brick variants, such as chiseled, cracked and mossy (can be crafted in survival).
Furthermore, developers will also implement death messages and a hide button to the chat screen. In beta 0.11, Zombie will drop rotten flesh and there will be new mobs like squids, cave spiders, bats, baby zombies and chicken jockeys.
Sadly, Mojang's official did not share any details on when exactly the new update might hit Google Play Store, but we will keep an eye out for any additional info on the matter so stay tuned.
You can now download Minecraft Pocket Edition for Android for $6.99 via Google Play store. The game should be fully compatible with all devices powered by Android 4.0 and up.
Fortunately we'll soon raze the entire UI to the ground, so that we'll be able to have proper controller support among other things :)
— Tommaso Checchi (@_tomcc) May 15, 2015