It's time for the second of our four Friday updates... Welcome to the Hive Replay Cinema!

This article is just the key details - be sure to check out our blog post for everything you need to know about the Hive Replay Cinema!

What is the Hive Replay Cinema?

In the Hive Replay Cinema, you can watch back all of your SkyWars, Survival Games, and Treasure Wars matches as soon as they've ended.

Controls & Settings

In the Hive Replay Cinema, you have access to a range of controls and settings, allowing you to pause, rewind, speed up or slow down, and even view gameplay in reverse!

By using the menu, you can also jump to a given timestamp, or view certain events within the game (such as kills, or treasure destroys).

Replay Pass

To access the Replay Cinema, you'll need to purchase a Replay Pass from the Hive Store, for 830 Minecoins.

The Replay Pass gives you access to the Replay Cinema for 365 days.

Purchasing the Replay Pass will also give you access to the following exclusive cosmetics:

• Director Raccoon Costume
• It's rewind time! (hub title)
• Lights, Camera, ACTION! (hub title)
• Action (avatar)

Feedback & Future Updates

As always, this feature is still subject to change, and we'll be looking for feedback and suggestions from the community - be sure to let us know your thoughts!

It's time to get spooky! Hive-o-ween is back, and better than ever! 

The Ancient Vault

Whilst our builders were getting the hub ready for this year's Hive-o-ween festivities, they stumbled upon what appeared to be the entrance to a mysterious Ancient Vault, hidden underground...

Do you think you have what it takes to unlock the mysteries of the Ancient Vault? Click here to find out more!

Ghost Invasion Returns

The ghosts are back! Ghost Invasion has returned once again, bringing with it a brand new set of cosmetics for you to unlock!

Unlocks

• 6 Ghost Characters
• 5 Ghost Pop Designs
• 4 Zapper Rays
• 4 BRAND NEW Halloween Hub Titles
• 4 BRAND NEW Halloween Avatars

And...

• Over 30 seasonal maps and lobbies, including the return of Haunted (TreasureWars:Solo) and two BRAND NEW SkyWars:Solo maps: Crypt and Village
• Over 100 spooktacular Just Build themes (coming later on this evening)

Happy sp00ping! 👻

Reporting replay IDs can be... difficult at best. To help you share them easier, and to make it easier for our staff to handle them, we're introducing improved Replay IDs.

Magic!

Improved Replay IDs are available today on our Europe and North America regions, with Asia coming next. Stay tuned for more replay updates!

Custom Servers are loved by many of our dedicated players, but have historically been a bit tricky to use and configure. With this full overhaul and update we're making them better and easier!

To get started with Custom Servers, run the following command in-game: /cs

Full overhaul of all menus to make settings easier to find and quicker to change:

• One top-level modal now serves as the starting point for all customization as well as access- and other features
• Related settings are now shown in one modal instead of multiple, making it easier to configure 'deeper' settings
• Improved wording and general look and feel to make modals and settings more clear

Presets:

• Presets (featured, custom and recent) are now functional
• Custom presets can be shared with other players using a preset code
• Recent presets allow you to go back to a recent game's settings
• Featured Presets per game for 'recommended' playlists, including community favorites

Improvements and fixes:

• Fixed Code Only Mode + the code now shows on screen permanently during lobby
• Fixed various issues relating to Set Roles
• Added Set World Time
• Improved permission system
• Games now only start when the owner, or a player with the right permission, manually starts the game. The start-game countdown is fully removed in Custom Servers.

Game-specific changes:

Treasure Wars:

• Added settings to enable/disable the purchasing of certain items from the item shop
• Fixed an issue where summoners would drop empty items when the summoner amount setting was set to 0, also changed the summoner name to show it does not drop items
• Non-CS: Fixed an issue where spectators wouldn't get a UI in Treasure Wars Mega

SkyWars:

• Added the ability to change the health on kill setting to the amount of the max health setting
• Fixed a bug where turning off chest filling would stop you from being able to open them at all

Survival Games:

• Added the ability to set roles and players as spectators
• Added a setting to control supply crate spawn rate 
• Added a setting to enable/disable supply crates
• Non-CS: Fixed an issue where the fire boomboxes would ignite the thrower but not damage them
• Non-CS: Stopped standard boomboxes from giving knockback to the player that threw it
• Non-CS: Fixed a bug where a player could spam dozens of Boomboxes 

Just Build:

• Added the ability to create your own theme in the theme settings
• Added the ability for players to be spectators

And one more thing...

We know that getting to the Custom Server menu is command-only at the moment, preventing our more casual players from discovering this feature. Stay tuned for improvements to our Hub that resolve this as well as future user experience improvements!

Due to unforeseen technical difficulties we've had to make the difficult decision to delay the Sonic Live Event until Saturday, July 24th.

We hope you can join us on the new event date!

Need some more rings to get those fancy Ring Shop unlocks? We've got good news for you!

• Added Ring Trees (3D) that give rings when punched
• Added (hidden) Ring Boxes that grant 25 rings when interacted with
• Added Motobugs and Buzz Bombers to certain courses

Happy hunting! Maybe look behind that waterfall...

We've been busy... with our biggest event EVER!

Sonic the Hedgehog is coming to The Hive this summer! Featuring a full hub takeover, multiple party games, and something special on the weekend...

Trailer coming soon!

Full FAQ: https://support.playhive.com/sonic/

This update is freshly rolling out, not all IDs may appear just yet.

Using Replay IDs to report players helps our moderation team to ban more cheaters, quicker. Today we're making it easier for you to obtain your replay IDs.

Recent Replays Command

The /recentreplays command shows you up to 10 recent replay IDs, including the game, map and relative time of the match. Forgot to grab last games ID? No worries, find it in the Recent Replays modal.

Replay ID In End-Game

The /replay command now also works in end-game (podium phase).

Thanks for reporting!

Introducing Block Drop, our newest Limited Time Mode!

Block Drop

Check out our brand new limited-time game, Block Drop! Battle with up to eleven other players to be the last player standing as the map begins to crumble below your feet! Be sure to look out for powerups to give yourself an edge over the competition.

This game was the result of a developer hackathon! Every few months, we let our development teams work on fun projects to expand their skills. These projects help shape the way for future games and features. We had so much fun with this game we felt we needed to share it with you all!

Block Drop won't be sticking around forever, so be sure to level up and grab these exclusive cosmetics while you can:

Death Messages

• Fell to their demise (Level 5)
• Parachute (Level 10)
• Goodbye Cruel World (Level 15)
• Yeeted Off (Level 20)

Powerup Skins

• Potion (Level 2)
• Flower (Level 9)
• Chest (Level 16)
• Lightning (Level 22)

Trails

• Blue Sparkles (Level 3)
• Gold Sparkles (Level 7)
• Lime Sparkles (Level 12)
• Magenta Sparkles (Level 17)
• Red Sparkles (Level 23)

Vault Effects

• Gray Swirls (Level 4)
• Blue Swirls (Level 6)
• Green Swirls (Level 8)
• Red Swirls (Level 13)
• Yellow Swirls (Level 18)
• Rainbow Swirls (Level 19)
• Flames (Level 21)
• Hearts (Level 24)

Hub Titles

• YA YEET (Level 6)
• AHHH (Level 11)
• AHHHHHH (Level 17)
• AHHHHHHHHH (Level 24)

Avatars

• Slippery (Level 4)
• Burger Run (Level 14)
• KNOCKBACK POG (Level 20)

Costume

• Runner (Level 25)

Egg Hunt

We've hidden eggs around the hub you to find! There are 24 to find, making this our biggest hub hunt yet.

Find all the eggs and you'll be rewarded with an exclusive costume!

Spring has arrived on The Hive!

New Hub

The hub is in full bloom! As well as the hub being covered in colorful fauna, some of the characters and models that you know and love have also been given a new lease of life, be sure to look out for them!

Rumour has it there's even a new parkour run to try out and a new hub title for those that manage to complete it!

Spring Maps

This update sees the return of many seasonal maps, as well as the addition of some new ones! Be sure to check out the newly decorated game lobbies as well.

Survival Games Map

We've released the second of two new maps as part of our Survival Games update - Blossom! This map is a permanent addition to Survival Games and will be sticking around after Spring.