News Articles
Monday18th May 2020
News 126 Million People Are Now Playing Minecraft Every Month
Are you one of them?
Mojang Studios' Helen Chiang has put out a new article over at Xbox Wire celebrating Minecraft's 11th anniversary, revealing that the game is connecting more players than ever before. Specifically, over 200 million copies of Minecraft have been sold to date, and 126 million people are playing it every month. Chiang also...
Friday10th Apr 2020
News Mojang Reminds Us It's Not Interested In Developing A Sequel To Minecraft
Would rather explore "other genres" within the same universe
How do you create a follow-up to Minecraft when it's already seemingly limitless? According to its developer Mojang, you simply don't. While the Swedish company has listed various reasons in the past as to why it probably won't have a crack at a sequel, the same topic resurfaced during a...
Monday16th Mar 2020
News See Footage Of Gears 5 And Minecraft Running On Xbox Series X
Includes a Ray Tracing demo
As part of the Xbox Series X reveal we've been treated to so far today, we've heard various bits of information about updated Gears 5 and Minecraft versions. And now, you can see them in action for yourself in footage provided by YouTube channel This Is at the top of the page. We previously heard about an updated Gears 5...
Friday19th Sep 2014
News Spencer: Microsoft's Buyout of Mojang Won't Affect YouTubers
Build 'em high!
Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer has laid to rest concerns that Microsoft's acquisition of Minecraft developer Mojang will affect people who publish YouTube videos of the game for fun or profit. The concerns quickly came to light once the deal announcement was made, with prominent YouTubers making it clear that they were concerned that...
