The Minecraft community is waiting with bated breath for news on the next major update, Minecraft 1.20, which is expected to be revealed in October this year. On the way there, however, there’s plenty of news you won’t want to miss either!

With that, here’s all the biggest and most interesting news around Minecraft this week.

Realms Plus August Lineup Revealed

A new month means plenty of brand new Minecraft maps to enjoy via Realms Plus, and the August lineup has just been revealed by Mojang!

This includes the following maps, adventures, minigames, and content packs that are available now:

• Cruise Ship Boat by Pickaxe Studios
• Anime Mashup by Everbloom Games
• Police Underground Base by GoE-Craft
• Modern Mansion Roleplay by Podcrash
• Redstone Mansion by Vertexcubed
• Pink Demons HD Skin Pack by Cupcake Brianna
• Meme Pack by Glowfischdesigns
• Meme Me! by House of How
• Fashion Teens by DogHouse
• Advanced Camo by MobBlocks
• City Living 2 by Noxcrew
• Steampunk Inventors by Syclone Studios
• Parkour Sky Islands by 4KS Studios
• Skyblock by Waypoint Studios
• Massive Skyblock by Chunklabs
• World of Lucky Block by Ninja Block
• Find the Button by GoE-Craft
• Escape the Horror House by PixelOneUp
• Monsters ++ by Spark Universe
• Stranded in Space by Jigarbov Productions
• Hardcore: Lava Island World by Pickaxe Studios
• Papercraft Adventure by Jigarbov Productions
• Cobble Clicker by Polymaps
• PVP: Bold Vanilla by Tomhmagic Creations

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Minecraft Java Edition 1.19.2 Brings Important Bug Fixes

Mojang has released a new update for Minecraft Java Edition, 1.19.2, which introduces some important bug fixes related to social functions causing crashes and disconnects in-game.

This update fixes:

• An issue causing players to get disconnected with secure chat
• A crash in the social interactions screen

While the chat features remain under scrutiny from large portions of the Minecraft community, this patch will fix some technical problems they posed in the interim.

Learn how to circumvent the new Minecraft chat reporting system and more here.