June 28, 2011 - 1.7 and 1.8 for Minecraft

Notch says that 1.7 will be mostly an update about pistons... The creator of the Pistons mod submitted it to Notch and he's adding it to the game without it needing a mod.

1.8 will be the Adventure update. He's going to change how Minecraft is going to be played. It's focused mostly on exploration and combat, making it more rewarding.

He's going to be implementing newer, more complex terrain features. He's also going to add new combat mechanics, a new lighting engine, and new, explerimental gameplay ideas. Apparently, farmings gonna be more interesting, more crops maybe? There's gonna be bigger incentives to explore and NPC villages.

In other news, I've been playing Terraria with a bunch of my friends. I'm currently in Hawaii. It's not as hot as I expected... Must be global warming. I've started to play Magicka after being goaded for weeks. It's incredibly fun, unless you're playing with a bunch of d***heads.