

While Mojang has discussed making a Minecraft 2, that decision is up to Microsoft now and there’s certainly no legitimate app or game bearing that name.Īpple has not yet responded to customer concerns over the misleading app, but is generally responsive to taking down apps like this one which infringe on a creator’s property. “It’s great that Minecraft has inspired people to create amazing things, but when a product attempts to dupe our community or exploit their enthusiasm for the game, it’s our responsibility to step in,” Mojang’s Owen Hill told Eurogamer. Mojang, the company which originally put out Minecraft, is working to get the fake app taken down. However, it’s in the top 10 grossing apps right now! For shame. Minecraft: Pocket Edition 2, which is selling for $10.99, is not a sequel to the mobile version of Minecraft, but instead a “ crudely made swipe app pitting zombies against a Mortal Kombat character.” Wesley Yin-Poole at Eurogamer said he bought and played the game for a few minutes before it crashed his phone so yeah, not only is the app trying to ride Minecraft’s coattails, it’s not even good. However, the UAE authorities have expressed doubt that forged documents had been used to board the aircraft.Īn Air India Express flight from overshot the runway in Mangalore and burst into flames last Saturday, killing 158 persons while eight others survived.Today’s nominee for “worst thing” is certainly the fake Minecraft 2 app that managed to make it into the App Store.

This is something that the Kerala government must to look into in detail," he said. "We have seen cases of people pasting their pictures in other's passports.

Once that is done, you can start adding effects and letting the fun begin Features: - Broken Screen Overlays (FAKE) - Text on Images. First you either take a picture from within the app or load a photo from your library. Valayar Ravi, the Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, who is visiting the UAE, told reporters that the passport fraud was a serious issue. Check out the screen shots - you can create images like these in seconds The app is simple and fun to use. He came to know about it after his relatives began calling him following the crash. The investigation was initiated when a Dubai resident had earlier said that his passport number and other personal details, including his address, were listed as belonging to one of the crash victims. Whenever such a complaint is made, we will alert the authorities," he said adding that the mission would also help in the probe and offer help to those whose identities had been stolen.Īccording to local reports, probe has been launched into the travel documents used by the passengers. Our role is verifying passports issued in Dubai. "We have come to know through media reports as the passports in question were issued in Kozhikode. However, India's Consul-General in Dubai, Sanjay Verma, said they have not received any official complaint.

He did not go into details, but said the matter was being investigated by passport officials in India.Īccording to senior Embassy officials, the passports were tampered with and irregularities included false addresses and photos that did not match the user. "We have information that 10 passports were tampered with," Indian Ambassador to the UAE M K Lokesh has been quoted as saying. As many as 10 passengers, who had boarded the ill-fated Air India Express flight in Dubai that crashed in Mangalore, were using fraudulent passports, an Indian Embassy official said.
