notch:We released Minecraft Beta 1.8! It’s the first half of the Adventure Update, with the remainder coming eventually! Looking around the office, everyone appears to be keeping busy. Jens is working on some content for the Nether, Daniel and Jakob are trying to finish up an internal Scrolls demo for…New stuff includes: New biomes (swamps) New craftable items You can gain experience points New mobs (endermen, silver fish, poison spiders) NPC Villages [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_yqOoUMHPg&w=460&h=264]