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Looks like Microsoft’s exclusivity over the indie phenomenon is well and truly over with Minecraft heading to two more PlayStation platforms. During Sony’s Gamescom press conference earlier this week, the platform holder announced Minecraft would be a launch title on PlayStation 4. And PlayStation representative Adam Boyes has since confirmed …
Read More »Minecraft arrives on PS4 at launch
Mojang's global hit makes its way to Sony's next-gen platform
Read More »Minecraft confirmed as PS4 launch title
Indie phenomenon Minecraft is heading to PlayStation 4. The game was announced by Sony’s Jim Ryan during the platform holder’s Gamescom conference. What’s more, it will be a launch title when PlayStation 4 arrives later this year. Minecraft has done phenomenally well on Xbox Live Arcade, with the retail version …
Read More »Failure is okay, says Notch
Markus Persson cancels Minecraft follow-up 0x10c
Read More »Payday 2 knocks Minecraft from No.1
The team at 505 Games will be celebrating this week as its tactical shooter Payday 2 has topped the charts. 505 Games – best known for Cooking Mama, Sniper Elite and the Zumba series – has released a couple of promising little titles recently. It’s also the publisher of Starbreeze’s …
Read More »Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition surpasses 8m units sold
Mojang’s hit sandbox game Minecraft has sold over 8m units, console developer 4J Studios has announced. The game’s Xbox team took to Twitter to reveal the latest milestone for what has become one of the three-headed sales monster of Minecraft on PC, Xbox 360, and mobile devices. MCV reported yesterday …
Read More »Third week at the top for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
The retail version of Minecraft for Xbox 360 has topped the UK charts for a third week running. The previously download-only hit represents Microsoft’s longest unbroken run at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Chart since the release of Forza Motorsport 2 in 2007. The only new entry …
Read More »Minecraft is the UK’s No.1 for the second week in a row
The Xbox 360 Edition of Minecraft has claimed its second successive No.1 in the UK. It’s a largely inactive week in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, with the only significant mover being Ubisoft’s movie tie-in The Smurfs 2 which climbs 20 places to No.5 in its third …
Read More »Microsoft indie plans get Notch’s blessing
Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has endorsed Microsoft’s recently announced plan to make every Xbox One work as a dev kit. These plans were revealed by Microsoft earlier this month as part of its dramatic indie U-turn. "I think it’s a wonderful idea to have the actual box be the …
Read More »Notch gives Xbox indie plans thumbs up
Minecraft creator gives nod to plan to make every console a dev-kit
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