The Minecraft: Pocket Edition finally has an updated, touted as the 0.7.2 update, which is aimed mostly for fixing bugs.

But aside from the bug fixes, there are also a number of features included in the update.

DroidGamers lists down some of the changes and new features:

- Ability to Unicode keyboard support and chat in more languages

- Player nametags are now made available with multiplayer

- Players can find out what seed was used to render a map that a server is hosting

- Realms bug fixes and other bugs

- Clients' armor can now be saved on server

- High friction while flying has been fixed

The report adds that there are more bug fixes that are not centered on Minecraft Realms, which was the focus of the 0.7.2 update. The upcoming 0.7.3 update is already in the drawing board.

Play XBLA also adds that an Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition avatar collection has just been released and is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

Some of the included selections in the avatar selection include the Enderdragon T-Shirt for 80 MS points, a Chicken Head, a Blaze Head, and Mushroom prop, each for 160 MS points, and the Pets prop and Enderdragon Wings prop, each for 240 MS points.

SimCity finally allows offline?

After struggling with the disaster launch in the early part of 2013 and the adamant refusal to admit the possibility of offline play despite many modes that show otherwise, SimCity seems to be finally giving in and testing out the reception of an offline mode.

According to VG 24/7, a Reddit user had supposedly discovered a survey that has been distributed to gamers, asking what kind of features they would want to see in the game.

In the survey, it was hinted that a Classic Mode, defined to allow for a single functioning city with cheats and unlocks to create your utopia--regardless of a player doing offline and online play.

It also seems that London may be the next model city, or so the survey suggests. And as for the possible features that can be included in the next updates or content for SimCity, VG 24/7 provides a list.

The features include a monorail, a subway system, bridge and underpass creator tool, bus and street car lines, larger cities, importation of The Sims, crime syndicate management, co-op mode, shared online events, and guilds, to name a few.

Some of the features, such as importing The Sims, co-op mode, and larger cities may be of interest for a lot of gamers. Is there a particular feature that struck yours?

Battlefield 4 shows off modes with screenshots

One of the much-awaited games to come out later this year is Battlefield 4, and amid the teasers of life-like effects and dynamic maps, the multiplayer and single-player modes are now making the news.

DICE has offered another glimpse of what to expect, and this time, it's for both the two modes mentioned.

According to Game Informer, the screens show off the Angry Sea mission for the single-player mode and the Siege of Shanghai for the multiplayer map.

And as if that's not yet enough to entice you, The Examiner reports that the clamor for the game has soared, even beyond that of its closest competitor, Call of Duty: Ghosts. As per the report, Battlefield 4 preorders for the Xbox One and PS4 are soaring, despite having the preorder bonus of a free map for Ghosts.

This may be due to the fact that Battlefield 4's innovative technology and very dynamic environment, not to mention the multiplayer maps that have been reported to accommodate 64 players for next-gen console gaming.

Watch out for the game's release on October, for the next-gen consoles, the current-gen Xbox 360 and PS3, and the PC for $59.99.

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