Entries in 'minecraft' (80)

Notch twitters about his profit sharing

Mojang employees split Notch's money

Mojang founder and Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has made an unusual decision about what to do with the dividends from his wildly successful game studio: give it to his ...

Mats Nylund
by Mats Nylund
on Mar 5th 2012 at 4:15PM in News
Minecraft creator to get BAFTA Special Award

Minecraft creator to get BAFTA Special Award

Indie development legend and millionaire Markus ‘Notch’ Persson is to be awarded with the Special Award at the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards on March 16th.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 5th 2012 at 1:59PM in News
Minecraft dev Mojang hires community members

Minecraft dev Mojang hires community members

Minecraft developer Mojang Specifications has acquired some new employees straight from its own community to help enhance server support for its massively popular sandbox title.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 1st 2012 at 6:15AM in News
LEGO Minecraft gets the green light

LEGO Minecraft gets the green light

The proposed collaboration between Danish toy giant LEGO and indie smash hit Minecraft is officially go.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 25th 2012 at 9:28AM in News

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Epic shows off 'Minecraft-inspired' new IP

Epic shows off 'Minecraft-inspired' new IP

Epic Games says its new title Fortnite was inspired by Mojang’s smash hit creation game Minecraft.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Dec 12th 2011 at 11:43AM in News
LEGO 'excited' by Minecraft project

LEGO 'excited' by Minecraft project

With fans of both Lego and Minecraft both eagerly awaiting news on a possible collaboration between the two, Lego has commented on the Cuusoo project in a statement today.

by Lewis Tyler
on Dec 6th 2011 at 3:39PM in News
Minecraft LEGO could be on the way

Minecraft LEGO could be on the way

Danish toy giant LEGO has announced possible plans to release an official toy line based on Minecraft.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 5th 2011 at 2:36PM in News
Notch steps away from Minecraft development

Notch steps away from Minecraft development

Markus Persson (aka Notch), the creator of hit PC title Minecraft, has after four years stepped away from the game to focus on other projects.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 2nd 2011 at 3:09PM in News

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Minecraft by numbers

Minecraft by numbers

As part of the inaugural Minecon event at the weekend, developer Mojang has released a handful of impressive stats about the 4m+ selling Minecraft.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 21st 2011 at 2:03PM in News
Minecraft hitting iOS tomorrow

Minecraft hitting iOS tomorrow

Having amazingly only gone gold on PC yesterday, tomorrow will see the long-awaited arrival of Minecraft on iOS.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 16th 2011 at 11:56AM in News
Finally, Minecraft is finished

Finally, Minecraft is finished

Four million of you have already played it, but two years on from its initial launch PC hit Minecraft has finally been completed.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 15th 2011 at 3:02PM in News
Minecraft awarded top honour at GameCity

Minecraft awarded top honour at GameCity

Smash PC hit Minecraft has won the inaugural GameCity Prize, awarded on Saturday at GameCity6 in Nottingham.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 31st 2011 at 2:44PM in News

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Xbox 360 Minecraft slips to spring 2012

Xbox 360 Minecraft slips to spring 2012

Microsoft has revealed that the Xbox Live Arcade version of indie hit Minecraft will not now be released until spring of next year.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 25th 2011 at 9:22AM in News
Minecraft arrives on Xperia Play

Minecraft arrives on Xperia Play

Minecraft has today launched for Android. And guess what: this release isn't a final version, either.

Michael French
by Michael French
on Aug 16th 2011 at 9:21AM in News
Bethesda issues legal warning to Minecraft dev

Bethesda issues legal warning to Minecraft dev

Bethesda lawyers have sent a cease and desist letter to Markus ‘Notch’ Persson over the naming of Mojang Specifications’ upcoming title Scrolls, Persson has claimed via Twitter.

by Stuart Richardson
on Aug 8th 2011 at 9:17AM in News
Minecraft reaches 10m users

Minecraft reaches 10m users

Over 10m players have registered to play Minecraft in just over two years.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jul 5th 2011 at 11:35AM in News

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Minecraft surpasses 2.5m sales

Minecraft surpasses 2.5m sales

More than 2.5 million PC users have picked up a copy of Minecraft to date.

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Jun 13th 2011 at 6:37PM in News
MICROSOFT: Minecraft heading to Kinect

MICROSOFT: Minecraft heading to Kinect

Minecraft will no longer be available only to PC owners.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jun 6th 2011 at 7:34PM in News
Xperia Play gets Minecraft exclusivity

Xperia Play gets Minecraft exclusivity

The anticipated Android version of Mojang's PC hit Minecraft is to enjoy a period of times exclusivity on Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 25th 2011 at 11:04AM in News
Minecraft sales reach 2m

Minecraft sales reach 2m

Indie games sensation Minecraft has made over £19 million for its creator Markus Persson, the Swedish developer has said.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 7th 2011 at 12:42PM in News
Persson: 'Piracy is not theft'

Persson: 'Piracy is not theft'

In a fascinating statement at GDC's Indie Games Summit, the Swedish creator of indie PC hit Minecraft has lashed out at some of the 'myths' commonly perpetuated about games piracy.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 4th 2011 at 11:13AM in News
Minecraft dev reveals new game

Minecraft dev reveals new game

Mojang, the super-indie studio behind runaway success story Minecraft, has revealed the next project it is working on as a card game-focused title called Scrolls.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 2nd 2011 at 1:18PM in News
Minecraft confirmed for iPad, iPhone

Minecraft confirmed for iPad, iPhone

Having emerged as one of the biggest indie games success of 2010, PC hit Minecraft is getting an official port to Apple's iOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 21st 2011 at 2:54PM in News
Minecraft reaches 1m sales

Minecraft reaches 1m sales

Indie smash Minecraft has passed its millionth customer landmark, its creator has revealed.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jan 13th 2011 at 10:38AM in News
Minecraft meets Kinect

Minecraft meets Kinect

A compatibility software engineer has managed to port an image taken from Kinect into the PC world-building game Minecraft.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 10th 2011 at 3:46PM in News