Jeb has been working on the Nether (very exciting) and posted a picture, which has been enhanced below:

http://cl.ly/0J1f0k3z2f3F0s351R0c

Notch has been working on more environment features, but so far all we have gotten a picture of is the legendary Mooshroom. It can be sheared.

http://i.imgur.com/7DCvy.png

It's true. Unfortunately, the power outage caused a corruptioning. New Danzigia was abandoned, and lost to us. Fortunately, a new version of New Danzigia is now alive, and with fully automated backup-ing. A massive ocean was found after hours of effort, and a pioneering colony has been set up next to it.

Power outage made server turn off. Power outage is gone. Server is back. Corruptioning was cleverly avoided. Rejoice, be merry, et cetera!

As of the release of Minecraft 1.8, there are four seperate worlds available, interconnected by Stargates. Please build your constructions on appropriate realms.

1) New Danzagia
The new world created upon 1.8's release, this is to be a commmunal world of growth and development. Together, the members of this world will build a close-knit and cohesive city, and expand into other towns collectively. The creation of large, obnoxious solo projects is frowned upon in this world.

2) crazyGenesis (Formerly known as crazyServer)
The first ever world and the one most crazyMinecrafters would be familiar with, this is the destination for that big-ass castle or 8-bit picture you wish to build. Whenever you feel like making something huge to brag about, this is your destination

3) The Megaverse
Similar to crazyGenesis, but particularly known for large-scale projects. A similar lack of rules apply upon this world, and madness is encouraged.

4) France
The to-be Creative world, this will be a place to use the unlimited resources of the world to create otherwise-improbably sculptures of magnificence. Also you can fly. And flight is awesome.

Minecraft.net is back up - Minecraft 1.8 is out! GET ON IT