The Minecraft Xbox 360 TU 12 may not yet be in Microsoft Cert Testing, but there's something else to look forward to with the fan-favorite game.

If you're looking to attend the MINECON 2013 this coming November, Mojang has already announced the release dates for the selling of the tickets, which has been reported to come out in three batches.

According to Mojang, the batches were created to be fair to those who may not be available on a specific schedule of selling-a.k.a. students, working professionals.

The three batches for ticket-selling will be as follows:

Ticket Batch 1: July 31, Wednesday at 4p.m. PDT/ 7 p.m. EDT

Ticket Batch 2: August 2, Friday at 7 a.m. PDT/ 10 a.m. EDT

Ticket Batch 3: August 3, Saturday at 12 p.m. PDT/ 3 p.m. EDT

As an added bonus if you are traveling from far just to attend the convention, Mojang has also arrange for MINECON rates when you book hotels, but you can only avail of this when you book your tickets through the website.

The tickets will be selling at $150 each, while those bringing in kinds from age 3 below can get their kids in for free.

MINECON 2013 will be held from November 2 to 3 at Orange County Convention Center, with the schedule per day still to be announced.

SimCity Update 7 detailed

SimCity is getting its seventh update, and this time, you can get to build certain architectural structures with only a new tool.

According to the official EA forum for SimCity, the changes for Update 7 is currently being tested, with the newest tool allowing you to create bridges, overpasses, and tunnels.

"When building your road, pressing the , key or the . key will lower or raise the road accordingly, creating overpasses, bridges, and tunnels," as stated in the official statement.

There are also new features coming with the update, including improved traffic behaviour to reduce the lines on the road. This system include all vehicles, such as moving trucks, police cars, fire trucks, buses, ambulances, and civilian vehicles.

Tree tools are also a new bonus, and they will allow you to plant individual trees all over the city. The tools are on the Nature Parks palette, located at the end of it.

Other issues that have been fixed include terrain issues where some sections cover the road when the camera is zoomed out. the issue of fire animation after being extinguished has also been fixed.

As for parks, the Sports parks have been improved to allow Sims 24 hours every day. Vehicles are also now allowed to accelerate and decelerate faster, so that there is more efficient timing in intersections and buildings.

Freight trucks are also now allowed to leave factories only if there is a valid delivery destination, while airships have also been corrected to allow the appropriate number of passenger trips over multiple days. Lastly, money gifting is now more reliable.

Wait for updates on when the update will finally be rolled out.

A new Mortal Kombat game coming out?

For those who have been eagerly awaiting for a new Mortal Kombat game since the release of the last one back in 2011, this may be a bit of good news.

At the recently concluded San Diego Comic-Con, Polygon reports that Lance Sloane, producer of Mortal Kombat Legacy, has announced that a new game may be in the works.

While there are still no other details officially released, it seems that the game may either be a tie-in or at least a complement of the upcoming Mortal Kombat film that's also planned for release.

"We've been in greenlight committee for a while at the studio and we've got a great script," said Sloane in an interview with Polygon. "And we've got a great director with Kevin Tancharoen, who is on board."

According to Sloane, the main issue seems to be the business technicalities and the schedule of the production and release of the game.

The next question is on which platform will the game come out?

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