the new nether mob MAY be some kind of flesh demon thing
this is important :
new mob tweeted by notch
The new mob is called a snow golem. They will be friendly, and leave a trail of snow in their path. They will also throw snowballs at enemy mobs and they will not harm the player, and they will be craftable!
Here is a trolling math equation:
Wolf army+snow golem army+enemy army=total anihalation
Notch just tweeted:
Designing a villager mob. They won’t do much in 1.9, but at least they will spawn with (new) villages.
Finally! Something to pillage/raid/dominate/blow up!
Bumping again T_T…
Minecraft 1.9 will have a “hardcore” mode. And now… passive mobs will no longer spawn 
Animal breeding will be implemented, so if u kill every kind of a mob that mob may then be -“extermiated” This may have a good side to it, possible allowing us to be able to kill of creepers or zombies. Maybe cross breeding as well? Images a chicken-creeper. Also some 1.9 adds/changes:
Water+lava=stone now (rather than cobblestone)
Mining is safer now! If you are under a massive lava lake droplets will ooze through the blocks, but not having any effects on the player.(same with water)
Blaze rod may be able to make better weapons
Villagers accutally do stuff rather than mindlessly walking around
Wow, seems like 1.9 was the 1.8 we were hoping for…
There is a ton load of more stuff, just posted some of the things the wiki forgot.
Moar stuff!
New Minecart, enderman, door, rain, skeleton, silverfish, slime, bow and shear sounds
Feed wheat to animals makes them go into “breeding mode” (O_o)
Baws mobs in strongholds
Better armor perks
Adds a frontal 3rd person viewing mode to F5
XP will have a use such as longer hunger or health duration
Strongholds will be unlimited (but still rare :P)
Thats all! (Oh and scratch that- villagers will still be stupid in 1.9- 1.10 will have the better AI)
I’m pretty sure the breeding only applies to passive mobs like chicken, cows, pigs, sheep and perhaps squid?
FINALLY! Been dying to get that back since they took it out 
Well ya never know… Would i like to lead an army of biologically bred creepers, bred with wolfs so they will ally me? Yes :>
Also, you may be able to switch between 3 different viewing modes with F5- 1st, 2nd, 3rd person viewings. (look it up what each means for all of you which havent endured years of english class and dont know the difference between the three is)
This will probably ->NOT<- be included in Beta 1.9, but it's a nice screenshot:[img]http://i.imgur.com/oK2tE.png[/img]
Whoa…
Looks like the new perks for XP.
And there are flasks?
They must be the new “potions” I heard were secretly added into the code in 1.8.1
That’s pretty awesome, finally a real XP and points (?) system 
Wonder when 1.9 is coming… did anyone notice that it said “Prerelease 2” in the corner?
EDIT: Notch just said he will make endermen different or add something to them… wonder what that means
Endermen will no longer pick up blocks
Yay! They won’t steal my damn walls! I was really annoyed at the thought that “griefers” are endermen. Also, XP has a use! I look forward to it just a bit.
so they wont pick up blocks anymore… There goes their only interesting quality.
EDIT: enderpearls will now be able to be thrown, and you will teleport to where it hits, and take some fall damage. I think also their ability to pick things up will be reduced, but not complelely removed.
I guess the score is fixed now
Pre-release 2 is out. Lots of new features and changes!
New itemsNine new music discs (11 in total, one "broken") Blaze powder Magma cream Glass bottle Spider eye (dropped by spiders) and fermented spider eyeGame mechanics
Hardcore mode: game over when you die, hearts have new icons Golden apple now has a shining animation Pressure plates on top of fence posts now make sound when you walk on them or next to them Villagers has no names (No more TESTIFICATE) Holding the spacebar allows you to jump continuously again The enderman pearls now teleports you when thrown Endermen teleport to dodge arrows. Endermen teleport out of water when they touch it. Endermen teleport a lot more Item repair! Put two damaged items in the crafting grid (arrangement doesn't seem to matter) F5 view cycling Fences now attach to adjacent blocks, has an interesting outcome when used certain ways Pumpkins can be “crafted” into 4 Pumpkin Seeds Zombie Pigmen now randomly drop rotten flesh or gold bits instead of everytime F8 cinematic mode is backAnimal breeding:
Feed passive mobs wheat to make them breed with each other Passive mobs follow you when wheat is selected</blockquote> Probably not the full list either, that was posted momentarily after release on Reddit.New items:
New portal effect:
New hearts:
Reverse 3rd person is back!
Fence attachments:
New tooltips:
