Minecraft, the wildly popular game that lets players create infinite worlds, will soon allow community developers to sell storylines, games within the game, new landscapes, and adventure maps directly to players.… Read More
For most students, spending the school day exploring an alien planet in their favorite video game would be a dream come true. And for some students, that dream is just around… Read More
Anyone who hasn’t completely lost their inner child remembers jumping from rug to chair to coffee table to avoid the hot lava below. Minecraft’s new mini-game is essentially the same… Read More
Millions of Minecrafters around the world just got a great reason to buy Facebook’s Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. Microsoft Monday announced the debut of Minecraft, which it acquired along… Read More
Minecraft, the wildly popular game that lets users create infinite worlds, is undoubtedly on many students’ minds as last days of the school year approach. Soon they’ll be free to… Read More
Minecraft, the beloved game that Microsoft acquired two years ago, has sold over 100 million copies to date. Microsoft announced that the game, which allows players to create infinite virtual… Read More
The Dallas Mavericks might know what it means to set a pick, but now they want fans to place a block thanks to a partnership to create a new game… Read More
Minecraft, the wildly popular game that allows players to create infinite online worlds, will soon be available in China. The game, which Microsoft acquired with the $2.5 billion purchase of Mojang… Read More
Minecraft will be the backbone for a new platform designed to help test and improve artificial intelligence applications, Microsoft announced on Monday. The new platform, called AIX, will be made… Read More
The Minecraft-on-HoloLens demo is one of the coolest augmented reality experiences I’ve seen so far, but Microsoft’s HoloLens is still a long way out for the average consumer. In the meantime, Microsoft doesn’t… Read More
More than a year after its $2.5 billion acquisition of Minecraft maker Mojang, Microsoft says it’s buying MinecraftEdu — a version of the game that was created for the classroom — in an attempt to expand… Read More
Today’s nominee for “worst thing” is certainly the fake Minecraft 2 app that managed to make it into Apple’s App Store. Minecraft: Pocket Edition 2, which is selling for $10.99, is not… Read More
The first-ever Minecraft champion is a 10-year-old boy from Los Angeles. Julien Wiltshire beat out more than 1,000 other players — many high school age — to become the Super… Read More
GeekWire’s John Cook has a problem, and it might sound familiar to a lot of parents out there: His 6-year-old son has been itching to play Minecraft for many months, and has… Read More
Minecraft is coming to Wii U on Dec. 17, checking off one of the last remaining gaming platforms without the title. The Microsoft-owned game franchise is already available on PC, Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One,… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella welcomed a group of teachers to the company’s Redmond, Wash., campus on Monday morning, talking to them about the ways Microsoft products can be used in… Read More
Microsoft wants to turn kids’ love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming through a partnership with Code.org, announced on Monday morning. They’ve built a tutorial that students across the world can use during… Read More
Minecraft is known for pulling its players in, but this guy ended up playing the game for over 35 hours this past weekend. According to the BBC, British man Joe… Read More
Has Microsoft recovered from its early missteps with the Xbox One? What will be the impact of Xbox One backward compatibility? What’s the future of Minecraft inside Microsoft, and what are… Read More
If you like Minecraft and burgers, there’s a new joint opening in Seattle that offers both at the same time. CaliBurger is set to open its first North America location… Read More
Success can turn out to be a real pain. Minecraft’s creator Markus Persson took to Twitter this weekend to vent about life after selling his company Mojang to Microsoft for $2.5… Read More
Could Minecraft be the killer app for Windows 10? A new version of the blockbuster game is coming for Windows 10, and it will be available when Microsoft’s new operating system debuts on… Read More
Could Minecraft become as essential in the classroom as pencils and paper? Perhaps so. Microsoft has launched a new site to help educators understand the world of Minecraft and use it as a… Read More
Minecraft, meet HoloLens. At the big E3 video game conference today, Microsoft showed off a neat demo of a Minecraft game the company is building specifically for HoloLens, its new blended reality… Read More
LEGO is stepping up its game. The company has just launched a sandbox game through Valve’s Steam platform (Windows only, so far) where players can shape and build the landscape. It’s called… Read More
Fans of Lego and games like Minecraft, rejoice. You can go online and play a beta version of Lego Worlds right now. If the trailer is any indication, the game… Read More
We already know the world of Minecraft can be a fun, creative — albeit at times — terrifying place. Now the popular Microsoft-owned game is the focus of an international… Read More
It’s amazing what data can do to paint a picture. Here Wired Video has crunched the numbers behind the world of Minecraft. And it’s simply astounding. For instance, the game… Read More
The world of Minecraft can be a dark and terrifying place…for adults. Welcome to Minecraft Malfunction, a new YouTube channel from Seattleites Margaret Chiavetta and Brooks Peck. The pair —… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO–Microsoft announced today that it’s bringing support for creating Minecraft mods written in Java inside its Visual Studio development environment. Minecraft’s modding tools allow developers and users to tweak their… Read More