The Buzz - August 2024 📰
August 2024's edition of The Buzz, The Hive's bi-monthly newsletter.
What's all the buzz about? Welcome to August's issue of The Buzz! Your one-stop-shop for all things Hive.
In this newsletter, we'll cover all of the latest Hive news and updates and highlight some of your awesome community creations!
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News & Updates 📰
Autumn is nearly here, and while summer might be coming to an end, the updates certainly aren't! Here's a rundown of everything you might have missed since our last issue!
SkyWars: Classic ⚔️
Earlier this month saw the release of SkyWars: Classic, a new mode that blends classic SkyWars gameplay with exciting new items and features that keep the action fresh!
Instead of mining ores, you'll need to find and loot chests to gather resources to help you secure victory. Be sure to look out for trial keys—they can be used to unlock the vault, which contains some of the most powerful items.
SkyWars: Classic is available now—find it in the SkyWars hub!
Level Up 💯
In addition to the all-new Classic mode, SkyWars has just received a long-awaited level update! This update brings 25 new levels to the mode, increasing the total from 75 to 100. It has also been announced that prestige will be coming in the future.
As always, each new level comes with unique new cosmetics to unlock and collect.
SkyWars isn't the only game to get new levels either; 20 levels were just recently added to Survival Games too, bringing the total level to 50!
BedWars: Summer Patch 🛏️
BedWars just got a small update as well! It brought exciting new challenges, useful team upgrades, and other quality-of-life changes and bug fixes.
With the addition of the new season challenge, you can now get enough challenge medals to purchase everything from the challenge merchant!
You can read the full changelog for this update below:
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Parkour Worlds: Star Shop 🌟
Parkour Worlds players will soon be able to spend their hard-earned star coins on some epic cosmetics in the brand-new Star Store.
Be sure to look out for more news about the Star Shop coming soon. What would you like to see in the Star Shop? Be sure to let us know on our Discord server!
Poster Parkourists 🎨
In celebration of the release of Parkour Worlds, we challenged you to create an epic poster—you did not disappoint!
Hundreds of you submitted art, and we were truly blown away by your creativity.
You can check out all of the amazing winning entries on our blog. Be sure to let us know which contests you'd like to see us host in the future!
Chunker: Now Open Source ⛏️
Chunker, The Hive's bidirectional Minecraft world converter, is now open-source!
The application allows you to convert Java and Bedrock Minecraft worlds. It provides a simple interface for converting worlds and allows you to also upgrade and downgrade worlds between different versions of the game.
Chunker can be used by anybody and supports all Minecraft versions since Java 1.8.8 and Bedrock 1.12.0.
Want to learn more? You can read detailed information about Chunker in our blog post.
New Art Channel 🎨
The art channel on our Discord server recently got a brand-new look! The new forum channel is a place to share your awesome Hive fanart and see epic arts and crafts projects created by talented members of our community.
Submitting your art for a chance to be featured on our blog is now easier than ever, with the new Buzz submission tag, which you can add to your art when posting in the channel.
We can't wait to see your creations! If you've not joined our official Discord server yet—what are you waiting for?! Click here to learn more about how to join.
Community Spotlight 🏅
In this segment, we'll highlight some of our favorite community creations, shared by you, our amazing players!
Players who have their art or video featured each receive the exclusive Buzztastic Creator hub title!
Hive Hub Art by TheGreatDane958
Check out this awesome piece of art by TheGreatDane958! We loved the character and personality given to each of the hub NPCs.
Just Build drawing by RyndelCool
RyndelCool crafted an impressive piece of Just Build artwork showcasing their friend, the iconic Just Build NPCs, and, naturally, Cubee!
SkyWars NPC drawing by Foxyfzfann
Adding to the NPC appreciation in this issue, Foxyfzfann created a vibrant illustration of the brand-new SkyWars: Classic NPC!
That's it for this edition of The Buzz. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to learn about news and updates!
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