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Ok we got some interesting news about 1.6. This will be mostly a bugfixing release. The only new feature will be maps. There's no news of when 1.6 will be out yet. Notch is working on his own on this release since jeb is temporarily working on another mojang project for a while. so some features by him might not be in 1.6 sorry what else you guys like to see in 1.6?.

Confirmed features:

"The big one"
"The only new feature that will appear is the mapping"
"The little ones"
Shift clicking item stacks now works in crafting screen

Confirmed Bugfixes:
Nothing confirmed, but there will be many:
Other:
Possible features that has been hinted during work on beta 1.5 but will most likely not be in 1.6 (if at all):
- Jump attack ? Notch made some comments about this before the 1.5 beta:
- Bow Aiming ?
- Mod API?

In other news:
- Hot dogs will not be in beta 1.6 (it was a joke,obviously)
- Piston mod won't make it to Minecraft 1.6 You must login or register to view this content.
- More harvestable items and fence gates? Jeb hinted that he would like to add more harvestable items: and fence gates:However he got temporarily moved to a new project within Mojang so this feature might get postponed.
mobs:
spiders will shoot web to slow down player =D

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Release Date:

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upddated....

No pistons? :wtf:

Dude sweet. This game still has a lot to be added though. They should install the ability to boost graphics, Low, 16x16 Medium 64x64 or high 128x128... 512 can wait.

(What I mean by install is that instead of having to patch it yourself it already comes with the game.)