I discover I’ve subsequent to little interest in the approaching Gotham Knights, however a blocky recreation of Gotham in Minecraft? Yeah, that is cute. It’s a part of what’s coming within the newly introduced Batman DLC for Minecraft, in addition to the flexibility to struggle Batman’s rogue gallery together with the Penguin, Poison Ivy and The Joker.

Mojang introduced the DLC in a phase throughout this night’s Minecraft Live stream. You can watch the trailer, and a short introduction from DC’s Jim Lee, at across the 1h 6m mark within the video under:

That trailer says solely that the DLC is “coming quickly”, however the official Minecraft Twitter account confirmed its launch date as simply three days any further October 18th.

To me, Minecraft is generally about climbing a giant mountain within the rain, digging a small dwelling into the aspect of that mountain, after which often gazing on the horizon and sighing. But grappling round Gotham and biffing the Joker simply looks as if a enjoyable lark, and I like the way in which they’ve translated quite a lot of the character designs. The Penguin specifically, together with his protruding nostril and massive monocle, is simply excellent.

This was only one small announcement amongst many bigger bulletins throughout Minecraft Live. There was additionally an prolonged take a look at Minecraft Legends, the spin-off technique sport; info on the new inventive choices coming in Minecraft 1.2 subsequent yr; and a take a look at Minecraft Dungeons’ Fauna Faire replace and its 4 participant co-op roguelike mode.