'Minecraft' News Round Up: Northern Ireland Map Available, New Features in Windows 10
"Minecraft" recently announced it will be launching its local version of the game to Northern Ireland.
According to the Belfast Telegraph, players from Northern Ireland can now recreate their own world within the virtual country. Stormount's Finance Prime Minister Arlene Foster was optimistic about Ireland's inclusion in the game.
"The Minecraft game has been hugely successful across the world, not least with our young people in Northern Ireland," Foster said. "This exciting new development will allow people here to play the game across all of Northern Ireland, in places that are familiar to them."
Foster said the game will be a great educational tool for kids. The new, free map, players will be able to recreate all of Northern Ireland's famous landmarks, including the Giant's Causeway and the Marble Arch, and even their own house.
"Minecraft" has already created maps for other countries, such as England, Scotland and Wales.
According to Mojang, you can now get "Minecraft" on the newly released Windows 10 operating system. If you are the 20 million people who already own the game on PC/MAC, you can download the newest version of the game for free on Windows.
According to International Business Times, Windows 10 supports a number of new features. Players can now use a touchscreen, keyboard and controller. Multiplayer has also been expanded to have seven players against each other.
The game, released in 2009, has over 100 million downloads and is played across the world. The purpose of the game is to have the players construct a 3D world of real-life places using virtual blocks. Also in the game, players can dig for gold, raise cattle and invade other people's towns.
According to the Los Angeles Times, a movie adaption of the game is in the works. "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" creator and star Rob McElhenney will be directing the movie, replacing "Real Steel" director Shawn Levy.
It is not known when the movie will be released.
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