'Minecraft' Is Getting New Boss Battles This Fall

It doesn't scare my 4-year-old as much as Herobrine in Titan's clever "Lego Minecraft" YouTube flicks, but The Wither is coming to the Windows 10, Pocket Edition and Gear VR versions of Minecraft in something dubbed "The Boss Update." It'll be another freebie, and Microsoft says to look for it this fall, post-Minecon. Those versions will also get ocean monuments (underwater temples haunted by Mojang's aquatic homage to Dungeons & Dragons' beholder), nether stars (dropped by The Wither, letting you create beacons of light), new building blocks (prismarine and sponges) and "slash commands." Slash commands may be the biggest deal here, since they're basically shorthand for tinkerers who want to make god-level tweaks to the game on the fly. The Boss Update will include 20 of these, and Microsoft says to expect more down the road.