Category Archives: Mojang

0x10c creator Notch has revealed that he is working on a ship editor for his mind-bending space game, and has also downplayed the game’s appearance at Minecon following a slip-up on Twitter.

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Minecraft PC sales have surpassed the 8 million mark. That’s a lot of blocks, and a lot of money.

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Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson announced his new project – space sim 0x10c – just a few months ago, but already it’s starting to come together. Check out this latest test footage, in which Notch throws a second character into the mix.

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Minecraft: The Story of Mojang producer Paul Owens has revealed that he is aiming to release his Kickstarter-funded film in December.

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Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson is very quietly working away on his next project, space adventure 0x10c. It’ll be a while before there’s any solid gameplay to squizz at, but this video shows how the sim’s lighting and physics are coming along.

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Mojang is probably used to being nominated for awards and receiving praise by now, but this one is verging on the ludicrous. The Minecraft developer has been nominated for an award that recognises the best-looking office spaces in Sweden.

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Minecraft will be used in an initiative called Block by Block, encouraging young people to offer suggestions on how to rebuild local environments.

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Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson has said Mojang is constantly considering putting the game on Steam, but is not sure how to work through issues with user registration.

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Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition has sold over 3.6 million copies, Mojang business developer Daniel Kaplan revealed on Twitter. It’s an unusual milestone to report on; Kaplan mantioned the figure because he’s apparently just returned from a break. The port was released in May and hit 3 million sales by June; earlier this month, it was still shifting 17,000 copies a day and remains high on the Xbox Live Activity charts. The PC version has sold over 7 million copies.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition will be graced with a new bundle of DLC skins this week. Skin Pack 2 includes characters from Perfect Dark, Left 4 Dead, Gears of War, Viva Pinata and more, and PlayXBLA will reveal nine further skins tomorrow. Check out some images through the break.

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The PC version of Mojang’s indie sensation Minecraft has passed another major sales milestone.

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Minecraft Xbox 360 patch 1.7.3 is live, but isn’t without issues. Developer 4J Studios has announced that a fix is now with Microsoft pending approval and should be available next week.

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Minecraft creator, Markus “Notch” Persson took to Reddit last night to take part in an ‘Ask me anything’ Q&A session with fans, revealing the developers thoughts on the modding community and the prospect of future updates.

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Mojang founder Markus “Notch” Persson has answered criticisms of MInecraft’s lack of official female avatars by saying the survival adventure exists in a genderless world.

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Remember that mysterious external collaboration which Mojang founder Markus “Notch” Persson mentioned recently? Persson told Joystiq it was a first person shooter. No further details were given, but the shelving didn’t come about because the game wasn’t good enough. Mojang just “did not want more external dependencies”, apparently. “The success of Minecraft meant we could focus on projects fully owned by us,” Persson said.

Just a sort of anti-PSA today to tell you not to worry. Over the weekend, some scurrilous types found an exploit in Minecraft’s authentication server which allowed them to log in as and impersonate other players. No passwords or other personal details were compromised; it was just a matter of your reputation possibly being besmirched. Happily, Mojang rallied around, dropped the game offline briefly, and got it fixed with admirable speed.

A skin pack for the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft is expected shortly, and will bundle 40 outfits including a Covenant Grunt, ‘Splosion Man, and a bike from Trials. Skins will be supported in Minecraft Xbox 360 available once patch 1.73 goes live; the update is in certification and expected to arrive before the end of next week. You’ll be able to check out a free trial of the costumes, and multiple uers can front the same one.

Thanks, OXM UK.

Microsoft had only reached an agreement with Minecraft creator Mojang one week ahead of the company’s big E3 2011 announcement according to head of Microsoft Studios Phil Spencer.

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After quite a long period of silence, Mojang has announced that a playable public build of Scrolls is near at hand.

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A recent snapshot build release for Minecraft includes support for LAN multiplayer, rather than needing to set up or join a multiplayer server. As Mojang notes, the feature is a work in progress, and isn’t guaranteed to make it into a completed update, but we can hope.

Thanks, games.on.net. [image]