The Buzz – October 2024 📰

What’s all the thrill about? Welcome to October’s concern of The Buzz! Your one-stop-shop for all issues Hive.

On this publication, we’ll cowl all the newest Hive information and updates and spotlight a few of your superior group creations!

When you do not need to miss out on information, unique competitions, and extra, you’ll want to subscribe to our weblog by heading onto The Hive and typing /publication in chat. Everybody who subscribes will obtain the unique Mail Bee costume!


Information & Updates 📰

Spooktober is upon us, and Hive-o-ween is right here! There have been a ton of updates for a lot of of our minigames since our final concern, in addition to information about what you possibly can anticipate to see sooner or later. This is a breakdown of all the pieces you may need missed!

Hive-o-ween 🎃

It is probably the most spooky time of yr! Hive-o-ween has returned to The Hive, bringing a large cauldron, the return of the reaper, and naturally, everyone’s favourite fruit-colored ghosts!

You should definitely try our weblog publish to seek out all the pieces you should learn about this yr’s Hive-o-ween happenings!

sixth Anniversary 🎉

October sixteenth marked 6 years of The Hive on Minecraft: Bedrock Version! To have a good time, everybody who logged in bought a particular social gathering hat and matching hub title.

We’re extremely grateful for our superior participant group; whether or not you are a new-bee or have been enjoying for the reason that starting—thanks!

Updates, and updates, and updates – oh my! 🆕

It has been a really busy couple of months right here at The Hive, with many minigames receiving updates! This is a rundown of all the pieces you may need missed:

Seize the Flag 🚩

A CTF mini-update was first up, bringing quality-of-life adjustments, new Armor Trim unlocks, and bug fixes.

A later replace additionally launched a model new map to CTF’s roster: Rift!

Gravity 🪂

Gravity was subsequent up, with an replace that launched 5 new maps, and many enhancements and bug fixes, together with a brand new menu that shops and shows your greatest recorded instances.

Deathrun 💀

A Deathrun mini-update shortly adopted, bringing a variety of much-requested options, together with a brand new menu that tracks and shows your private greatest instances for every map, and extra XP for ending prime three.

Moreover, to make it simpler for Deaths to win, they now solely have to cease a sure variety of gamers from ending!

Simply Construct 👷‍♀️

A mini-update for Simply Construct added over 50 new vanilla Minecraft blocks. New customization choices had been additionally launched, together with new block toggles, which let you change the looks of blocks like chiseled bookshelves, bee nests, and candles.

Adorning options had been expanded too—gamers can now modify the look of Adorned Pots with sherds and alter Banner designs by interacting with them with dyes and patterns.

Homicide Thriller 🕵️

Homicide Thriller additionally acquired an replace, it launched unlockable homicide weapons, directional homicide sounds, and an eerie new map–Nectar Lake!

When you’re planning to go to this lovely lakeside campsite, you’ll want to preserve your wits about you—not all the pieces is because it appears!

Customized Servers 🔧

New Featured Presets have been added to varied video games, and might now be performed in Customized Servers! Featured Presets are particular presets that embrace standard Customized Server settings, and group favorites.

The Bridge 🌉

And at last, some small adjustments had been additionally made to The Bridge final week. Ability-based matchmaking was disabled on the Solos mode and changed with platform-based matchmaking to scale back queue instances for the mode.

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Yow will discover all the particulars about all of those updates, and preserve up to date on all the newest Hive information on our official updates web site!

Parkour Worlds Star Service provider ⭐

Your Star Cash now have a brand new objective! Head to the Parkour Worlds microhub and go to the Star Service provider, the place you possibly can commerce your hard-earned cash for unique unlocks and cosmetics.

Uncover a variety of thrilling rewards, from avatars and costumes to particular sport unlocks—solely accessible right here!

Cross-Area Matchmaking 🌍

As a part of our just lately introduced ‘Area Agnostic’ replace, cross-region matchmaking has been enabled on Block Drop, Floor Wars, Gravity & Simply Construct.

Cross-region matchmaking prompts once you’re queuing for a sport at quieter instances of the day (late at night time for instance), and can ship you to a foyer in one other, extra populated area.

This implies shorter queue instances, and due to how cross-region matchmaking works, you will have a greater connection than when you had been to affix one other area immediately!

Cross-region matchmaking will likely be coming to extra video games within the close to future. Need to study extra? Take a look at this helpful article!

What’s subsequent? 🔜

The workforce just lately revealed a improvement replace on our weblog, detailing among the issues you possibly can anticipate to see coming to The Hive sooner or later. We’re at the moment exhausting at work getting BedWars: Season 2 prepared; here is simply a few of what you possibly can anticipate:

Our minigame workforce is at the moment engaged on Season 2, which will likely be our first absolutely themed season. This season will deliver new gameplay, gadgets, maps, challenges, and cosmetics. Moreover, Season 2 will launch with a particular limited-time sport mode that can have you ever enjoying BedWars in a very new manner.

Preserve your eyes peeled for extra information about BedWars: Season 2 as we get nearer to its launch!


Competitors Time: Hive-o-ween Campfire Tales ⛺

Among the best components of Hive-o-ween is the spooky tales, and we need to hear your spookiest tales, in video kind!

Whether or not it is a haunted journey or a chilling ghost story, we need to see your creativity in full spooky swing. Scary prizes await probably the most terrifying tales!

For all the details about the right way to enter, in addition to the foundations and deadline, click on right here.


On this phase, we’ll spotlight a few of our favourite group creations, shared by you, our wonderful gamers!

Gamers who’ve their artwork or video featured every obtain the unique Buzztastic Creator hub title!

Hub Mannequin by Gr33nPuffin

Take a look at this superior 3D mannequin of The Hive’s hub! What are your favourite areas of the hub, and might you notice them on this mannequin?

CHARIZORDO – Submit Workplace Lego

CHARIZORDO used Lego to create this epic duplicate of Mailbot’s publish workplace! We particularly cherished the little Lego Mailbot, and we expect Mailbot would approve as nicely!

Hive-o-ween Drawing by Rentium

Rentium embraced the Hive-o-ween spirit and created this spooky piece of artwork that includes the Witch’s Apprentice, Rely Ghosty, and Soul Goddess costumes enjoying on Nectar Lake—have you ever managed to unlock all three of them but?

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Need your artwork or video to be featured within the subsequent concern of The Buzz? Submit your superior Hive creation within the artwork channel on our Discord server or X (previously Twitter), utilizing the hashtag #buzztastic to be in with an opportunity of seeing it within the highlight!


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