Java Edition 1.8.8

1.8.8 was an update to Minecraft that was released on July 27, 2015 to mainly fix security bugs. 1.8.8 is compatible with servers running 1.8–1.8.7. While it was not the last update to 1.8, it was the last one before the snapshots of 1.9 started.

A pre-release for 1.8.8 was released earlier on July 27 for players to test, though the full release of 1.8.8 is identical to this pre-release.

General

 * Realms
 * Added the minigame Splatter by SethBling to Realms.
 * SethBling had originally named the map Splatoon after the Wii U game, but it was renamed by Marc Watson for copyright reasons.
 * Realm-wide resource packs for custom maps and minigames

Blocks

 * Banners
 * Only up to 16 layers are rendered now.

General

 * Resource packs
 * Now display an error if the pack version number is not 1.
 * Resource packs that do not match the version now require user acknowledgment to use.
 * Resource packs that were selected in a different version are unselected automatically.

Video
Video made by slicedlime: