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1,800 Minecraft accounts have been compromised by hackers, with players’ emails and passwords leaked online. According to a report in German publicationHeise, as translated byThe Guardian, the private details of each user has been published online in plain-text format. This means that, potentially, others can now long into a player’s …

The phenomenon that is Minecraft now has 12 world records. IGN reports that the entries can be found in the Guinness Book of World Records 2015: Gamer’s Edition, although it’s probably not fair to say the game has 12 world records – by our count only four of them are …

It’s probably now fair to say that Minecraft is a bit popular”. Microsoft owned developer Mojang has revealed that Minecraft: Pocket Edition, which is available for iOS and Android, has now been downloaded more than 30m times. The feat is even more impressive considering that the title, released in 2011, …

Frozen may have beaten gaming in the UK’s 2014 entertainment sales war, but it was a different story on YouTube. Google has revealed that Minecraft was the video giant’s second most searched category behind ‘music’ in the US throughout 2014, beating terms such as ‘movies’, ‘Frozen’, ‘Beyonce’ and even the …

Mojang founder Markus Persson buys house for $70m, outbids Beyoncé and Jay Z

Minecraft has landed on yet another platform this week, as the Microsoft-owned property is now available for Windows Phone devices. The Pocket Edition of the game – out already on the Apple App and Google Play stores – can be purchased on the Windows Phone store for $7. Though it …

Minecraft studio limiting how much players will be able to spend in final version of next game

There will be a limit on how much money players of Mojang’s card game Scrolls can spend on the game. "We restrict how much you can spend to retain game balance," Mojang said, as reported by Eurogamer. "This sounds unlikely, but you really don’t have to spend more than the …

Microsoft has announced the release of the Star Wars Classic Skin Pack for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One editions of Minecraft. The add-on is available now for $2.99, and includes a laundry list of playable skins for characters involved in the original Star Wars trilogy. Multiple variations of Luke, …

Minecraft creator Mojang is now a Microsoft company. The news was confirmed by Xbox boss Phil Spencer, who said: It’s official, today we welcome Mojang to the Microsoft Studios family. We’re excited for the possibilities ahead with the Minecraft community.” The $2.5bn acquisition was announced in September, with a Mojang …