{"id":644111,"date":"2026-03-29T08:39:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T08:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/minecraft-adds-tribute-to-youtuber-technoblade"},"modified":"2026-03-29T08:39:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T08:39:03","slug":"minecraft-adds-tribute-to-youtuber-technoblade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/minecraft-adds-tribute-to-youtuber-technoblade\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft adds tribute to YouTuber Technoblade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/minecraft-adds-tribute-to-youtuber-technoblade.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p> Minecraft maker Mojang has paid tribute to YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/celebrated-minecraft-player-technoblade-passes-away-aged-23\">Technoblade, whose death from cancer was announced last week<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\nTechnoblade, real name Alex, had amassed 13 million followers over years of creating Minecraft content. He was just 23.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHis passing prompted an outpouring of messages from fellow streamers and esports players, as well as acknowledgement from Mojang itself. Now, the developer has gone further and updated Minecraft Java Edition&#8217;s launch screen with a nod to Technoblade&#8217;s YouTube icon &#8211; a crowned Minecraft pig.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/minecraft-adds-tribute-to-youtuber-technoblade\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/minecraft-adds-tribute-to-youtuber-technoblade\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minecraft maker Mojang has paid tribute to YouTuber Technoblade, whose death from cancer was announced last week. Technoblade, real name Alex, had amassed 13 million followers over years of creating Minecraft content. He was just 23. His passing prompted an outpouring of messages from fellow streamers and esports players, as well as acknowledgement from Mojang itself. Now, the developer has gone further and updated Minecraft Java Edition&#8217;s launch screen with a nod to Technoblade&#8217;s YouTube icon &#8211; a crowned Minecraft pig. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":644112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[545],"class_list":["post-644111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer","tag-minecraft"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minecraft adds tribute to YouTuber Technoblade | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minecraft maker Mojang has paid tribute to YouTuber Technoblade, whose death from cancer was announced last week. 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