Terraria

Side-scrolling crafting game Terraria is getting its final update May 16 on PC. Originally released in 2011, the 2D take on Minecraft has received tons of updates and ported to just about every platform. Titled Journey’s End, the final update will add a bunch of new items, characters, and mini-biomes.

Terraria spin-off Otherworld, which was announced back in 2015, has been cancelled.

Terraria will arrive on 3DS and Wii U early next year. The news was confirmed by 505 Games in a post on the Terraria Community Forums, where Deanzor, a representative working on the Nintendo versions, answered several questions—head over here for the nitty-gritty details.

Terraria is suddenly the third most popular game on Steam. For the four of you who don’t know, the exploration/crafting classic finally released its big 1.3 update. As a result, it’s currently the third most-played game on Steam. What have you discovered in the new update?

Over at the game's official forums, community manager Loki confirmed that the dev team plans to release Terraria's next big content update, version 1.3, in June. The Terraria wiki has a list of the new additions revealed by the team so far.

The Eternal Throne, Darksiders II's floating fortress, rebuilt in Terraria. The two leviathans and the court of the Lord of Bones look really cool in 2D.

356 weapons, 19 boss trophies, and 4 fishing trophies make for one hell of a display room in Terraria. According to the owner/builder, redditor critcodedtuna, every item save for the Space Dolphin Machine Gun, which cannot be crafted or found in-game, was gathered by hand.

That's one hell of a Terraria castle. It took Torikishi, the creator, 3 months to complete this fancy pixelated home, and he really has built everything you need for a villa by the sea. Even an underground cave with a ghost ship inside.

Dust off your copy of Terraria, console gamers, 'cause the massive 1.2 update for the game's Vita, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions lands today. The change notes for the free patch are here; it's quite the read. This brings the console versions in line with Terraria's PC version, which got the same update last October.

Terraria just went mobile. While you wait for the new PC update, you might wanna try the newly released iOS version of this fine little side-scrolling sandbox. For $5, you get a Retina display-compatible, slightly rebalanced, touch-enabled mobile version of the full game. Above's a 25-minute demo by TouchGamePlay.

The US release dates for Terraria's console versions have been confirmed: March 26 for PS3, March 27 for Xbox 360. Read more