Tag Archives: Minecraft

Minecraft is still the most-purchased Xbox Live game in the UK for a 19th week running, with Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon trailing in second.

More »

Markus “Notch” Persson, the creator of Minecraft, has received a rather classy VIP invitation to Sony’s E3 press conference: a golden PSone console.

More »

Firefall developer Red 5 Studios has created a parody of PSY’s ‘Gentleman’ music video called ‘Grieferman’. Get your fill of pixelated chicken abuse and dancing Creepers here

More »

Minecraft snapshot 13w19a is up, and in it all sorts of neat things are happening: access donkey and mule inventories by sneaking and interacting; stained hardened clay; textures for Charcoal, Coal Block, and Lapis Lazuli; mobs are spawing in groups once more; and other nifty things. PCgamesN has the goods. Go give them a visit.

Penelope Trunk, an American mother, has allowed her sons to educate themselves with video games. David Owen speaks to the woman who used Minecraft as a spelling tool.

More »

Minecraft developer Mojang has released snapshot 13w16a, adding a new game launcher and horses. It’s ‘neigh’ joke man, check it out below the cut.

More »

Guncraft developer Exato Game Studios has released a trailer for its Minecraft-meets-shooters sandbox game. It shows off some tactical uses for building blocks to obstruct enemies, and build makeshift forts on the hoof.

More »

Endermen will not be near as hostile once you update Minecraft to 1.5.2 today. Well, at least he will no longer get pissed off and take things out on you should he take environmental damage. He’s been given a sedagive. Other fixes include tamed wolves and cats no longer despawing just because they feel like it, and Anvils are no longer feeling generous and have stopped providing services for free. Some other things have been fixed as well, and PCgamesN has the low down here.

Xbox Live’s Entertainment Award winners have been announced after a few weeks of fan voting, an unfortunate site security breach and ballot-counting. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has scooped the top award for best game.

More »

Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson has said the huge success of the sandbox title has affected his ability to work on new games.

More »

Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson is currently ranked as the second most-influential person in the world in this year’s Time 100 Poll. Voting is still open if you want to throw your own hat in the ring.

More »

Mircrosoft has published the final nominees for its fan-voted Xbox Entertainment Awards. The competition – which suffered a security breach early on – includes a shortlist made up of Halo 4, The Walking Dead, Far Cry 3 and more.

More »

The core version of Minecraft, which is available for Mac and PC, has totted up 10 million sales. Mojang openly displays its sales counter on the game’s website, but also celebrated the news on social media; lead developer Jens Bergensten hinted that the next big feature will be horses, for example. The Xbox 360 Edition has sold over 6 million copies, and as of January, all platforms were well past 20 million.

Thanks, PCGamesN.

UK publisher Egmont will release four Minecraft books in September. Develop reports the children’s manuals are called The Beginner’s Handbook, The Redstone Handbook, The Combat Handbook and The Construction Handbook. The publisher also plans for a Minecraft Annual, poster book and magazine called All About Minecraft. Egmont holds the license for Minecraft books everywhere outside the US, and has a similar deal with Rovio for Angry Birds.

If the latest Minecraft update brought a bunch of bugs along with fancy new redstone functions, fear not – an update focused mainly on correcting those issues is expected on Thursday. Head on over to the Mojang blog for details of the fixes, or if you’re brave, to try out the snapshot build.

Thanks, PCGamesN.

Mojang may have one of the most popular games in recent memory with Minecraft, but the company isn’t looking to stop there. Minecraft Realms is on the way and will offer a safer way for younger players to spend their time in the blocky universe.

More »

Mojang has nominated a March 13 release date for the Minecraft Redstone Update, which adds a number of new features including several new items used in making elaborate machines, like a daylight sensor and hopper. It also removes Herobrine, unfortunately. Full patch notes are available on the Mojang blog.

Thanks, IGN.

Mojang has told iGamer that Minecraft could eventually release on PS3 once its exclusivity deal on Xbox 360 runs out.

More »

Minecraft Xbox 360 update 9 is still in the works, but to keep your interest piqued in it, 4J Studios has released a shot of some of the skins on the way. You’ll notice Claptrap in there, along with sharp-dressed Creeper, among others. 4J said it will let everyone know when title update 9 goes into certification. Thanks, OXM.

Mojang has released Minecraft snapshot 13w09b, which fixes a whole lotta bugs. A pre-release is slated for either today or March 1. There are quite a few fixes detailed through the official site, one of which is potatoes not being affected by the Fortune enchantment. Those pesky spuds. Also fixed is a game crash which occurs when a saddled pig you ride dies or when changing between rideable entities. I’ve saddled many an animal in my life, oddest one was an ostrich, but never a pig. I may have to add that to my bucket list, or just try it in Minecraft. Seems the safer bet. Hit up the link for more.