In Minecraft's earliest days, Steve was the only default skin. Alex was added in update 1.8 pre1, which also introduced the "slim" skin type. However, aside from some revisions made to Steve and Alex ...

In Minecraft, players can choose among different characters to play as. However, the only difference between them is their appearance. Ever since Mojang Studios released the block game, it has offered ...

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Minecraft's Steve is getting some company on consoles. Developer Mojang says it's adding a new free skin to the game, the woman character named Alex, to better "represent the diversity of our ...

Minecraft is getting ready to reveal a new default character named Alex. An alternative to Steve, the female character was apparently introduced by Mojang in order to properly represent the diversity ...