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p>Minecraft has been updated to pay tribute to the popular streamer Technoblade who passed away from cancer was announced by his family this week. The Minecraft splash image in the game's launcher shows the pig wearing a golden crown. This is an honor to Technoblade's Minecraft character. It's a royal pig with a bejeweled crown.

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p>The Minecraft team tweeted on Friday that they were "heartbroken over the loss of Technoblade," writing that he "brought so much joy" to the game's community.

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p>We have been trying to find the right words but we all here at Minecraft are devastated by the loss of Technoblade. https://diigo.com/0q0sk2 Technoblade was a great friend and brought joy to our community. He will be deeply missed.

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p>Technoblade was a hugely popular Minecraft streamer, with more than 13 million users on YouTube? and was part of the hit server Dream SMP. https://pastelink.net/yi3dwdxj In a YouTube? video published on Thursday, Technoblade's dad read an email from the streamer and then discussed the effort that went into the final video as he was struggling with cancer. It has been viewed more than 54 million times since the time of the time of writing.

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p>Technoblade has been the focus of numerous tributes from streamers and other members of the Minecraft creator community. Many pieces of fanart were posted on Twitter in honor of Technoblade over the past days.

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p>The Minecraft team hasn't officially acknowledged the splash screen's update yet, but it's clearly made this small change in tribute. While the original launcher's image still shows an ox in the same location, it does not have the trademark crown of Technoblade.

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