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Minecraft Adds Tribute to Technoblade After Streamer's Demise

Minecraft has been updated to pay tribute to the streamer Technoblade who died of cancer was announced by his family this week. The Minecraft splash image in the game's launcher has a pig with a golden crown. This is an ode to Technoblade's Minecraft character. It's a regal pig-man with a bejeweled crown.

The tweet posted on Friday by the Minecraft team stated that they were "heartbroken" by the passing of Technoblade and that he "brought such happiness to the community of gamers."

We have been trying to find the words but we all here at Minecraft are grieving over the loss of Technoblade. He was a great friend and brought joy to our community. We will miss him deeply.

Technoblade was a hugely popular Minecraft streamer with more than 13 million subscribers on YouTube, and was part of the hit server Dream SMP. In a YouTube video published on Thursday, Technoblade's dad read a message from the streamer, and they discussed the effort put into the final video while he battled cancer. It was viewed more than 54 million times since the time of writing.

Technoblade has been the focus of numerous tributes from streamers and other members of the Minecraft creator community. A lot of fan art was also posted to Twitter in honor of Technoblade over the past days.
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The Minecraft team hasn't explicitly acknowledged the splash screen's updated yet, but they've clearly released this minor change in tribute. The original launcher image shows a pig in the same place, but it's missing Technoblade's signature crown.

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