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Play Notch’s 48 Hour Game From this Weekend’s Ludum Dare Marathon

This past weekend, Markus “Notch” Persson, the infamous creator of Minecraft, spent 48 hours creating a brand new, homebrew game for the Ludum Dare marathon. Curious gamers were able to check a live-stream of his work. Now the fruits... Continue »
By Brian P Rubin | 23 August 2011 | 0 Comments   

Pokemon in Minecraft: Like Chocolate and Peanut Butter Together

embedded by Embedded Video One of the best things about Minecraft is how the game looks like a 2D, sprite-based videogame look perfect in a 3D environment. It’s so flexible at replicating many other gameplay experiences. However, I would... Continue »
By Ben PerLee | 21 August 2011 | 0 Comments   

MineCon Details

Minecraft creator Notch and his merry band of friends (Team Mojang) are throwing a party in Las Vegas and they want you to come. Yes, I’m talking about MineCon, celebrating the game it’s named after. A website for the... Continue »
By Cullen Lea | 11 August 2011 | 0 Comments   

Bethesda Sues Minecraft Dev over the word “Scrolls”

Today, news broke that Minecraft developer Markus “Notch” Persson was hit with a letter from Bethesda Softworks’ lawyers. As Notch puts it, the letter is demanding that his development studio Mojang not use the name “Scrolls” for an in-development... Continue »
By Brian P Rubin | 05 August 2011 | 0 Comments   

Minecraft Surpasses 3 Million Paid Users; Official Release Nov 18

Today, the number of paid users of Minecraft’s pre-release alpha topped 3 million. That’s a lot of mines being crafted! Continue »
By Brian P Rubin | 05 August 2011 | 0 Comments   

Minecon, Minecraft Release Date Announced

If you’ve spent hours tunneling out the darkest and filthiest digital caves in Minecraft, now you can explore the darkest and filthiest city in America. MineCon, the convention that will celebrate the full, official release of Minecraft, will occur... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 03 August 2011 | 0 Comments   

MineWhat? Lords of Uberdark Looks Awesome.

embedded by Embedded Video A tweet from the perennial gentleman Notch pointed me to the above video which already boasts some impressive tech, despite being a pre-alpha. If you want to know why this video is so awesome, and... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 18 July 2011 | 0 Comments   

Intrepid Homebrewer Brings Minecraft to the DS

embedded by Embedded Video Whoever thinks homebrew is just for piracy needs to be shown this spectacular effort by smealum. It’s a barebones release though, only featuring terrain generation, the ability to add/remove blocks, and map streaming (which means... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 15 July 2011 | 0 Comments   

Minecraft 1.7 Released

The latest update for Minecraft has been released early this morning (not to be confused with 1.8, whose speculative features were teased yesterday). The new patch has a tidy list of features, summed up by Notch himself on his... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 30 June 2011 | 0 Comments   

Minecraft 1.8 Update Details

Notch is coyly dangling details for Minecraft update 1.8 on his blog, dancing around real details but providing some interesting food for thought. “The update is pretty big, and will change a lot of how Minecraft is played, focusing... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 29 June 2011 | 3 Comments   

LulzSec claims to have released XBOX Live account info

They're baaaack... Continue »
By Cullen Lea | 17 June 2011 | 0 Comments   

Minecraft 360 Port Developed by 4J Studios

Markus “Notch” Persson revealed via Twitter that Minecraft for the Xbox 360 is being developed by 4J Studios, the porting specialists behind the XBLA ports of Banjo Kazooie and Perfect Dark. This counters the natural assumption that Mojang Studios... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 17 June 2011 | 0 Comments   

Minecraft sells 2.5 million copies

The creator of Minecraft Markus “Notch” Perrson has used his Twitter account to reveal that he has sold 2.5 million copies of his game. This announcement was made only two months after Perrson stated that the game had sold... Continue »
By Cullen Lea | 14 June 2011 | 0 Comments   

Minecraft Headed to Xbox 360

Now with Kinect. Continue »
By Justin Fassino | 06 June 2011 | 2 Comments   

Minecraft – Pocket Edition Revealed

Is that a pickaxe in your pocket? Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 25 May 2011 | 9 Comments   

Minecraft Officially Releases 11/11/11

...wait, that game's not out yet. Continue »
By Robert Hathorne | 08 April 2011 | 7 Comments   

Rain and Snow Coming in Minecraft 1.5

Notch is so adorable even his tweets are reserved and unassuming. With the following terse statement: Adding rain and snow to 1.5. We now know that rain and snow are coming with Minecraft update 1.5. He also included the... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 07 April 2011 | 9 Comments   

Minecraft Has Made $33 Million So Far

Markus "Notch" Persson is so, so rich. Continue »
By Robert Hathorne | 07 April 2011 | 4 Comments   

Super Cute Wolves Coming to Minecraft Beta 1.4

embedded by Embedded Video Squee! Look at this. LOOK AT THIS? Do you know what that is? It is super cute tamed wolves that splash about in the water and tilt their heads in adorable ways and they will... Continue »
By Ben PerLee | 20 March 2011 | 11 Comments   

Minecraft and Red Dead Clean House at GDCAs

Two games took home a lion’s share of the awards at the Game Developer’s Choice Awards last night, meaning that the folks at Rockstar and Markus “Notch” Persson will need to clear off some more shelf space. Red Dead... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 03 March 2011 | 3 Comments   
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