Originally appearing as an April Fool's joke in a 2013 patch, horses were introduced completely in Minecraft version 1.6.1. They were based in part on the Mo' Creatures mod, and the developer DrZhark ...

Mojang have launched a pre-release version of Minecraft 1.6 - referred to as "The Horse Update" - ahead of next week's official release. Given the name, you can probably guess what it adds. Carpets, ...

After putting their noses to the grindstone yesterday, Minecraft developers Mojang have released their first new development snapshot in quite some time. It introduces the new, long-awaited horses and ...

As if there weren't enough to do in vanilla Minecraft already, there are hundreds of mods available for you to explore as well. The game's been out since 2009, and that's been plenty of time for ...