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The 60 hour game jam is over, but charitable donations are still piling up thanks to Mojang’s Humble Bundle game jam.

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Mojang’s Humble Bundle Mojam, the 60-hour game jam going on at the moment, has already raised $241,107 for charity – as of press time. The game, Catacomb Snatch, which is being developed live on the Internet, has been described as an “Egyptian steampunk RTS racing game,” and those who wish to pre-purchase the game before it’s even finished, can choose how much money dropped goes to the devs, Humble Bundle administration costs, and how much is given to charity. Mojang has previously said the amount it receives will be donated back to the charity. Also, if $1 million is reached, Notch will supposedly shave his beard. Oxeye Game Studios and Wolfire Games are also in on the development mix, with the former creating a dungeon crawler brawler set during a “post-apocalyptic World War II”, and the later working with Mojang on its title. Oxeye’s effort will be included in the bundle. You can watch the development process live through here.

Lego Minecraft is coming to “selected” retailers this summer.

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Mojang isn’t too keen on bringing Minecraft to PlayStation Vita, as confirmed in a webchat interview this evening.

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A proper modding API is high on Mojang’s priority list because modders have way more Minecraft development manpower than the tiny independent team.

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A scurrilous Minecraft user pulled a swifty on Mojang, adding a racial epithet to the game’s crowd-sourced Afrikaans translation. Lead developer Jens Bergensten apologised for not catching the user, but it should be noted that Mojang does not produce Minecraft’s translations, instead asking fans to pool their knowledge and get the job done. The slur has since been removed. If you would like to contribute to Minecraft’s translation efforts in a more positive way, check out the project page.

Thanks, Strategy Informer.

Mojang has released a new snapshot of changes coming with update 1.2, and it looks as though players will be able to tame ocelots and breed them like the wolves in the game.

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Using his blog, Markus “Notch” Persson has asked the players of Minecraft on their views on gathering minimal, anonymous data on their gaming session.

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According to Minecraft creator and studio boss Markus “Notch” Persson, Mojang is both indie and not indie at the same time. That is some massive zen, right there.

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4J Studios has said the XBLA port of Minecraft could be the first game released on the console to see “constant updates”.

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Minecraft lead Jens Bergensten tweeted a picture of a jungle biome, presumably on its way to Minecraft in a future update. A later tweet suggests unique animals may eventually appear to populate the new environment, too.

Thanks, Gamefront.

Mojang has announced via Twitter the firm’s Minecraft: Pocket Edition has sold over 700,000 copies on Android since its launch in August on Xperia Play. The game was released for other Android platforms in September for $6.99. Thanks, Gamasutra.

Minecraft creator Markus Persson has revealed via a tweet that Minecraft now has 20 million registered users.

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Ahead of a US House Committee discussion on SOPA next week, Firefall studio Red 5 and Destructoid will go offline on Monday for a 24 hour period in protest.

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Mojang expects to release its first major update since Minecraft’s official launch any time now.

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Mojang managing director Carl Manneh has said Cobalt may be released on Friday, but is still undecided.

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Minecraft was part of the winner line-up at the Indie Visibillity Awards, taking two categories: IndieGames’ GOTY and ‘Best Minecraft’. Other victors included Curve Studios with Explodemon and Stealth Bastard, Project Zomboid from Indie Stone and Mode7 from Frozen Synapse.

There’s a full list of winners below the break, via Size Five Games.

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Mojang’s Tobias Mollstam has announced on the official company blog that user accounts for Minecraft, Cobalt and Scrolls will only require one sign-in. According to the post, once users create a Mojang account they will be able to use this universal sign in for the aforementioned titles. Basically, it’ll work in a similar fashion to Battlenet. Those who have an existing Minecraft account aren’t being forced into this, as it’s opt in only at this point. Thanks, Gamefront.

Minecraft Pocket Edition – which Android users can get for 10 cents, by the way – will updated with some of the survival features of the core release.

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Minecraft indie maestro Markus “Notch” Persson has stepped down as lead developer of the game, handing the reins to Jens Bergensten with whom he’s worked for the past year.

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