Minecraft's baby mob drop: Everything you need to know about the first update for 2026

Now that we know it's coming, here's what you need to know about baby animals and more.
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Minecraft's getting cuter baby animals whose single pixel eyes you can stare into as you nudge them into lava

Then, test the new baby animals out by enabling previews/beta for Minecraft's Bedrock Edition, or snapshots if you're a Java ...

Minecraft-like RPG Hytale expects "over 1 million players" at launch, Hypixel lead reflects on its "incredibly difficult" development: "No sacrifices, no Hytale"

Hypixel's combined efforts appear to be paying off in pre-release interest, as the expectation is for "over 1 million players ...

Minecraft unveils new models for baby mobs, making them "chunkier, floofier, and more charming than ever"

Mojang kicks off the new year in the best way possible by making eight of Minecraft's baby mobs way cuter with all-new models ...

A dev on Minecraft-like Hytale has already used its creative tools to make a homebrew side-scroller

Even Hytale, the long-awaited, standalone Minecraft-like due to release into early access Jan. 13, can have its origins ...