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Minecraft creator speaks to benefits of self-publishing

Mojang has announced the Xbox Live Arcade version of Minecraft has reached 3m copies sold. Markus ‘Notch’ Persson announced the milestone on Twitter late last week. The downloadable title released back in early May, shattering XBLA records by moving over 1m units in just five days. When the game surpassed …

Minecraft developer Mojang has revealed that its next game, Scrolls, is close to entering the closed alpha stage. We are rapidly approaching the closed alpha of Scrolls,” the game’s official blog stated. Although this alpha version will be far from a feature complete version of the game, it will include …

It appears Minecraft’s popularity on the Xbox 360 mirrors that of its PC version. Best-selling Live Arcade game ever, in less than a month,” boasted the game’s creator and Mojang boss Markus Persson (aka Notch) on Twitter earlier today. Mojang’s business developer Daniel Kaplan followed up by sharing that the …

As PC sales break 6m combined sales bring indie hit near 10m

Battlefield 3 takes Best Game of the Year prize

Total global sales of indie PC hit Minecraft are rapidly approaching 10m. The actual sales figure stands at maybe” 9.2m sales, according to Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan. Earlier today Mojang founder and Minecraft creator Markus Persson revealed that sales of the PC original had hit 6m. This means that total sales …

PC hit Minecraft has been given the alcoholic drinks treatment by gaming caf Loading. The Cornwall-based company – which was nominated for the Star Store MCV Award earlier this year – produced the themed drink set using 81 shot glasses and 162 measures of alcohol. It’s been built as a …

The Trials Evolution studio's boss on the freedom of being acquired

Mojang boss vents anger over recently released 'indie bundle' from the publisher