Minecraft’s Chaos Cubed update looks lined up for June 16
The current estimate points to Minecraft 1.26.2, with sulfur caves, the Sulfur Cube mob, and a screen-warping sulfur water block in the mix.
Mojang’s next Minecraft drop is pointing toward a June 16, 2026 release, with Chaos Cubed currently the best estimate for Minecraft 1.26.2.
The game has settled into a quarterly cadence since the move away from annual overhauls, and that timing fits the pattern Mojang has used for the newer drops. Weekly snapshots are also still feeding 1.26.2 testing before it reaches the live game.
Launch timing has not been pinned down, but past Minecraft updates, patches, and snapshots have usually shown up around 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm GMT. Platform timing can still vary a bit.
What Chaos Cubed adds
The update brings a new cave biome called sulfur caves, along with two new blocks and a sulfur water block that distorts the screen. The spotlight mob is the Sulfur Cube, which can absorb nearby blocks and pick up traits from them. If it takes in ice, it becomes much slipperier and can slide much farther when struck.
The Minecraft Live video also showed the sulfur cubes being used in carnival-style minigames, including curling setups and parkour routes.
Recent drop history
- Tiny Takeover – Tuesday, March 25, 2026
- Mounts of Mayhem – Tuesday, December 9, 2025
- The Copper Age – Tuesday, September 30, 2025
- Lava Chicken – Monday, June 30, 2025
- Chase the Skies – Tuesday, June 17, 2025
- Spring to Life – Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- The Garden Awakens – Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Bundles of Bravery – Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- Armored Paws – Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Bats and Decorated Pots – Tuesday, December 5, 2023
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Minecraft
Developed by Mojang Studios
Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with, and modify a dynamically-generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs, and items. Some activities in the game include mining for ore, fighting hostile mobs, and crafting new blocks and tools by gathering various resources found in the game. The game's open-ended model allows players to create structures, creations, and artwork on various multiplayer servers or their single-player maps. Other features include redstone circuits for logic computations and remote actions, minecarts and tracks, and a mysterious underworld called the Nether. A designated but completely optional goal of the game is to travel to a dimension called the End, and defeat the ender dragon.
- Genre: Simulator, Adventure, Arcade
- Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Gear VR, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
- Release: 2016-12-19
- Publisher: Mojang Studios
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Age Rating:
ESRB E10+ / USK 6 / ACB PG / CERO A / GRAC 12+ / PEGI 7 / CLASS_IND L
- IGDB Rating: 80.7/100
