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Minecraft has split off and delayed parts of its big Caves & Cliffs update
Some features pushed back until year end.
Reporters Without Borders launches virtual anti-censorship library in Minecraft
Containing censored works from around the world.
Minecraft has split off and delayed parts of its big Caves & Cliffs update
Some features pushed back until year end.
Reporters Without Borders launches virtual anti-censorship library in Minecraft
Containing censored works from around the world.
Feature | Five of the Best: Blocks
Pick a side.
Feature | Games of the Decade: Minecraft is a masterclass in accessibility and community
Nether gonna give you up.
Roblox overtakes Minecraft with 100 million monthly active users
Block rockin' beats.
Minecraft might be the biggest-selling video game of all time now
Emphasis on the word "might".
Minecraft's annual MineCon livestream event gets a September airdate
And you can vote on a new biome.
Now you can play a 10-year old version of Minecraft in your browser
The land time for-block.
Looks like Microsoft is teasing a Pokémon Go-style Minecraft game
Notch sure about this.
Notch will not be included in Minecraft's 10-year anniversary plans, says Microsoft
Due to his controversial "comments and opinions".
That's it for Minecraft updates on Xbox 360, PS3, Vita and Wii U
Ore on your own now.
Minecraft's ocean-expanding Update Aquatic is out now on Xbox One and PC
Switch, PS4, and older platforms coming later.
You can now play as Master Chief in Nintendo Switch's Minecraft
Well Halo there.
Dolphins that find treasure! Minecraft's big ocean overhaul
But Switch multiplayer cross-play and Super Duper Graphics delayed.
Halo is coming to Nintendo Switch... in Minecraft
Blockbuster.
Surprise! Minecraft is coming to New 3DS today
But not the old 3DS.
Behold the Minecraft grass block-themed Xbox One S
UPDATE: Exclusive to Argos and Sainsbury's, priced £350.
MineCon ditches real world expo in favour of a livestream
Mojang will host "Official Minecraft Community Events" instead.
Minecraft's console editions get one more big update before cross-network play
PS4 will "continue getting updates" after other platforms combine.
Minecraft is getting cross-platform play
UPDATE: For every platform but PlayStation.
Feature | Breath of the Wild is a Zelda game for the Minecraft generation
A breath of fresh air.
Minecraft has smashed 120m copies milestone
55m monthly players - and growing.
Fallout comes to Minecraft
Sounds pretty S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
Feature | The man who dared call educational Minecraft a "gimmick"
Do games belong in the classroom?
Minecraft wings finally coming to console in December
My heart's aflutter!
World War Z author writing Minecraft novel
Paper plus leather equals book.
Minecraft console editions finally get polar bears, beets and banners
Paid-for Chinese Mythology Pack also announced.
There's a new Minecraft mode on consoles today
Let's get ready to Tumble.
Minecraft movie gets a release date... in 2019
"We all want an awesome Minecraft movie, right?" asks Mojang, rhetorically.
Minecraft's new Battle Mode season pass costs £7.99
More than half the price of the base game.
Minecraft will no longer allow companies to promote products in-game
But fans can still pay tribute to their outside interests.
Minecraft gets new mini-game mode on PlayStation, Wii U, Xbox
And a new method of monetising the game.
A closer look at Lego's new £170 Minecraft set
Ore blimey.
Huge update inbound for Minecraft console versions
After three years, almost caught up with PC.
It looks like Minecraft is finally coming to Wii U
UPDATE: Listing removed. Will it Nether happen?
Northern Ireland's government recreates its country in Minecraft
Ordnance Survey replicates nearly 14,000 square kilometers.
How's Xbox doing?
Well. Well enough?
Minecraft movie is being directed by Rob McElhenney
Yes, Mac from It's Always Sunny.
Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition beta announced, free to existing PC players
Upcoming features include dual-wielding, shields, southpaw support.
Minecraft console version update adds stained glass, trapdoors
LittleBigPlanet Mash-up pack coming to PS4.
Minecraft: Xbox One gets three free birthday skin packs
As Xbox 360 Edition celebrates third anniversary.
Minecraft adds female player avatars to all console versions
"Jolly old Steve doesn't really represent the diversity of our playerbase."
Turkey wants to ban Minecraft
Blocked.
MineCon dated for July in London
Tickets go on sale later this month.
Minecraft to receive The Simpsons skins on Xbox
Available in late February for $2.
Minecraft: Xbox Edition gets horses
Gee-gee 4J.
Minecraft: Pocket Edition launches on Windows Phone
Plus, more Xbox-exclusive DLC launched.
Minecraft gets official Dennis the Menace mod
Summon Gnasher, catapult rotten tomatoes, throw stink bombs.
Minecraft gets Xbox-exclusive Star Wars DLC
Luke, you have to Han it to them.
Night at the Museum director tapped to helm Minecraft movie
A Creeper hit.
Minecraft PlayStation Vita release date finally announced
PC version's Horse Update now headed to all consoles.
Doctor Who Minecraft pack launches today for Xbox 360
But what about PlayStation?
Minecraft: Xbox One Edition is coming to retail a month after its PS4 brethren
At least in North America.
What next for Minecraft on PlayStation?
Microsoft and Sony find themselves in a curious position.
Microsoft buys Mojang and Minecraft for $2.5bn
Vows to support iOS, Android and PlayStation versions.
Microsoft to buy Mojang for $2 billion - report
UPDATE: Notch initiated buyout and will leave once complete, source says.
Destiny's Tower hub recreated in Minecraft
I'd Traveller.
Video | Video: Watch us play Minecraft: Xbox One Edition at 5pm BST
Ian and Tom P tour the game's larger worlds in Survival Mode and try not to die.
Video | Video: Minecraft PS4/Xbox One compared with PS3/Xbox 360
We import a save and play spot the difference.
British Geological Survey recreates Great Britain in Minecraft
All you need is a copy of the game and 6GB of disk space.
Minecraft PS4 technical issues cast doubt over August release date
"We're fixing, but we need to go through the process again."
New full-size Lego Minecraft range revealed
Nether thought we'd see the day.
Minecraft's console versions have now outsold Minecraft on PC, Mac
Nearly 54m sold. PS4, Vita, Xbox One editions still to launch.
Notch defends Minecraft dev Mojang from "worse than EA" claims
After EULA change clarifies position on paid-for mods.
Minecraft Xbox One, PS4, Vita editions due in August
Upgrade from last-gen for cheap, PS3 gets you free Vita version.
Minecraft PS4 and Xbox One expanded draw-distance shown off
See further than on PS3 and Xbox 360.
Minecraft maker Notch clarifies "Mojang to disband in 10 years" reports
"From the day we don't make a profit, we'll survive another 10 years."
Minecraft PS4 and Xbox One won't have "infinite" PC worlds
"But a lot bigger than PS3/Xbox 360."
Minecraft PS3 worlds will transfer to PS4, possibly Vita
UPDATE: Phil Spencer confirms 360 to Xbox One transfers.
Minecraft: PS3 Edition getting disc-based launch next month
UPDATE: PlayStation 4, Vita box art also spotted.
Watch The Simpsons' Minecraft-themed intro
Notch: "I'm not sure how I feel about it."
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition sales hit 12m
Candy Texture Pack announced.
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition TU14 arrives today
Update live for PS3 version tomorrow.
Minecraft dev Mojang made £200m last year
Notch earns £77m in licensing fees.
Warner Bros. working on Minecraft movie
Progress unblocked after Lego Movie success.
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition update will add trading, anvils, carrots
But still no horses.
Someone is building Spirited Away's entire world in Minecraft
Anime be one of the best creations we've seen.
Video | Christmas live streams and free games all day!
Indie games, Minecraft challenges and Saints Row 4 DLC, live from 3pm GMT, complete with fabulous prizes.
Minecraft 360 dev working to allow save transfers to Xbox One
"Can't say it'll be there until it's 100 per cent working."
The Minecraft documentary is officially free on YouTube
By the documentarians behind the Broken Age and Mighty No. 9 videos.
Minecraft PS3 Edition will arrive before next-gen versions
And any further updates to Xbox 360 Edition.
Ordnance Survey maps Britain in Minecraft
UPDATE: Watch Ian explore the OS map and mispronounce things.
Minecraft: Mass Effect mash-up DLC arrives tomorrow
More than skin deep.
Minecraft confirmed for PlayStation 4
UPDATE: And PS3, and Vita.
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition title update 12 changes detailed
Cats! Jungle! Texture Pack support!
Minecon 2013 tickets go on sale tonight
Next batch on Friday, then the last batch Saturday.
Xbox One pre-orders trending ahead of Xbox 360 pre-orders
As interest in Xbox 360 wanes, all eyes on next-gen.
Putt-Putt sues Mojang over user-generated maps
"[It's] like suing Microsoft for what people do using Word."
Feature | Have traditional MMOs had their time?
And what do we make of the shared-world games and MOBAs that have risen up to replace them?
Minecraft Xbox 360 saves won't transfer to Xbox One Edition, Microsoft says
UPDATE: "Stay tuned", Microsoft's Phil Spencer teases.
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition boxed release dated
Coming 28th June, with 48-hour Gold subscription.
Mojang to consider Minecraft for PlayStation once Microsoft exclusivity ends
But Wii U is "very unlikely".
Notch talks about the $101 million he earned in 2012
"It's weird as f***."
Minecraft maker Mojang: "There are simply no good ways to forecast how much money we are going to make"
"It's almost hard to grasp."
King's Landing, Minecraft style
Varys nice.
The most popular games on Xbox Live in 2012 were...
Ryan Gosling! No, hold on.
Review | Minecraft: The Story of Mojang review
Dig a little deeper.
Minecraft XBLA outsold Minecraft PC in 2012
Absolutely bonkers success.
Feature | Games of 2012: Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition
The new kid on the blocks.
Mojang makes bespoke Minecraft for the scrumptious Raspberry Pi
It's free and allows you to code direct to game world.
Feature | Minecraft, architecture and the trouble with children
From the archive: A tale of trouble and Le Corbusier.
This week on Outside Xbox
Talking Assassin's Creed 3 with Steven Masters, zombies with Chet Faliszek and Minecraft with our pumpkins.
Minecraft Xbox 360 Halloween Skin Pack released, money goes to charity
Contains 55 player skins donated by top devs.
Feature | Learn to Play: Minecraft in the classroom
Eurogamer discovers how a New York school is using games for good.
More people are playing Minecraft on XBLA than Modern Warfare 3 or FIFA 13
Notch up another milestone.
This week on Outside Xbox
Crafty cuts.
Minecraft adds Creative Mode to the Xbox 360 version
New hunger mechanic, enemies and items.
Feature | An audience with Syndicate
How a regular northern teen became a YouTube gaming sensation.
Minecraft documentary due in early December
Molyneux: "It's far better than a god game or any game I've done."
Notch refuses to certify Minecraft for Windows 8
"I told them to stop trying to ruin the PC as an open platform."
Endermen coming to Minecraft XBLA
First screens show abandoned mines and hunger gauge also part of next update.
Claustrophobic Minecraft experiment sheds light on the dark side of human nature
30 players spend two months confined to a tiny map. It doesn't end well.
Witcher 2, Battlefield 3, Minecraft dominate European Games Awards
Euro visionaries.
MineCon 2012 will be held at Disneyland Paris
Quick, recreate it in-game!
2K Games boss says photorealism aids diversity, Notch disagrees
Can games do nuanced emotion like Brokeback Mountain yet?
Mojang was collaborating on a now cancelled first-person shooter
Wishes to stay "as independent as possible."
Minecraft reviewed by US late night talk show host Conan O'Brien
"This looks like a world if you have glaucoma."
Uniloc founder hits back after Minecraft fans vent fury in "disgusting" emails
"I am not a patent troll."
"Software patent troll" sues Mojang over Android version of Minecraft
"If you own a software patent, you should feel bad."
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition notches up 3 million sales
Something to build on.
Minecraft 1.7.3 update is out now
The Skin Pack DLC to follow shortly, but not this weekend.
Minecraft 360 and Trials Evolution get free Summer of Arcade content
New skins and stages.
Astounding Game of Thrones recreation in Minecraft
WesterosCraft is coming.
Minecraft getting 40 new character skins as DLC
Includes 'Splosion Man and Trials costumes.
Minecraft Xbox 360 users build Old Trafford replica
Dedicated fans reveal impressive goal.
Minecraft XBLA patch live today
Autosave! Turn autosave off! Zombie Pigmen!
Microsoft reveals Summer of Arcade line-up
Plus Minecraft hits 2 million sales mark.
Minecraft total sales hit 9.2 million
PC version creepers up to 6 million.
Minecraft overtakes Black Ops on XBL activity chart
First non-Call of Duty game to do so.
New Minecraft XBLA content incoming
1.8 adventure update "will be the most difficult", says 4J.
Minecraft threatens Call of Duty domination on Xbox Live chart
Mojang hit has more players than FIFA, Battlefield, Halo, Skyrim.
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition breaks 1 million sales
In less than a week.
Digital Foundry | Minecraft Xbox 360 Multiplayer Performance Video
Can 4J's conversion maintain performance in split-screen?
Digital Foundry | Minecraft Xbox 360 Performance Analysis Video
Frame-rate tests on general gameplay in 4J's conversion of the classic PC title.
Digital Foundry | Minecraft Xbox 360 Draw Distance Test Video
Pop-in and draw distance revealed in both single-player and two-player split-screen.
Feature | Game of the Week: Minecraft 360
In praise of platform exclusives.
Minecraft breaks day-one XBLA sales record
But Fez studio upset at Microsoft's special treatment for Mojang.
FortressCraft dev calls police after suffering DDoS attack on Minecraft XBLA launch day
"F**k you and your 'community', @Notch."
Review | Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Review
Digable planet.
Video | Minecraft: Xbox 360 edition trailer
Four-player split-screen shown off.
Creative Assembly talking to Notch about being in Total War
Via motion capture, apparently.
FortressCraft sales top 750k on XBLIG
1 million mark within reach for controversial world-builder.
Video | New Trials Evolution footage in Arcade Next trailer
Plus more Fable Heroes, Minecraft, Bloodforge.
Minecraft revenue totals $80 million since launch
While registered users pass the 25 million mark.
Minecraft XBLA, Trials Evolution, Fable Heroes release dates
1600 Points for Notch's console debut.
Minecraft will launch on Xbox without Kinect
Functionality will be patched in at a later date.
Video | Minecraft 1.2 update out now
Jungle biomes! New bricks! More sky!
FortressCraft creator rejects Minecraft clone claims
Attacks Mojang, Notch in new Eurogamer interview.
Mojang won't sue FortressCraft dev, "bored" by Minecraft clones
"They don't bring anything new to the table."
Mojang: no plans for Minecraft on Vita
But Scrolls "definitely coming for touch screens".
Video | Minecraft fan series gets cinematic trailer
Top stuff from Hat Films.
Minecraft Lego officially in development
Toymaker gives game tie-in the green light.
Notch: Mojang isn't really "indie" any more
He's hardly strapped for cash.
Minecraft could be the first 360 game to see constant updates
But they'll never be as regular as on PC, says dev.
Minecraft hits 20 million users, 4.66 million sales
Keeps building and building.
Notch steps down as lead developer of Minecraft
"Personally, I will now rest for a while."
Video | Behind the scenes of Minecraft video
A day of coding with creator Notch.
Video | New Minecraft XBLA trailer
Console port due out in Spring 2012.
Video | Official Minecon 2011 trailer
Las Vegas Minecraft meet 18-19th November.
Video | Minecraft trailer competition detailed
Win a spot in the official Minecon vid.
Minecraft XBLA delayed until Spring 2012
Console port makes playable debut at MineCon.
Video | Minecraft dev talks Scrolls lawsuit
Notch: "Embarrassing for all of society".
Minecraft gets dragons
Anything Bethesda can do...
FortressCraft maker discusses Minecraft
Calls out "The Notch Defense Force".
Notch: Why Minecraft isn't on Steam
"We don't want to limit what we can do."
Video | Minecraft Pocket Edition for Xperia Play
A mobile exclusive?
Notch: is Bethesda doing a Langdell?
Minecraft man responds to lawsuit threat.
Bethesda lawyers threaten Notch
Allegedly infringes Elder Scrolls trademark.
Minecraft sells 3 million
Notch levels up.
Minecraft passes 10 million users
Another milestone Notched up.
Minecraft XBLA set for UI overhaul
Mojang rejigging for Xbox 360 controller.
Minecraft Xbox 360 developer revealed
Perfect Dark XBLA's 4J Studios.
Minecraft notches 2.5 million sales
Release date of final version may be moved.
Video | First Minecraft for Xbox 360 teaser
Notching up a new platform.