Markus “Notch” Persson has announced that Minecraft has now sold over 4 million copies. The 1 million marker was hit in January of 2011, with a total of 3 million downloads recorded by August. What is even more amazing is that the final version of the game isn’t due to be released until later this [...]
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Minecraft 1.8.1 also known as the Adventure Update has finally been released, following a leak of the beta early last week. The new update brings a whole host of new features to the game including: New biome generation code to create a more diverse world. This covers everything from forests, swamps, dungeons, deserts, caves and [...]
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Notch posted some details on the upcoming Minecraft 1.7 update in the E3 round-up on his blog. Billed as the “Adventure Update”, it aims to make exploration and combat more rewarding. Further details are being kept secret at this stage, although the addition of pistons is a possibility, as seen in this video. Modding support [...]
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Minecraft has now sold over two and a half million copies on the PC, outselling even hit titles like Far Cry and Diablo. Not bad for a game still in beta! The final version of the game is set to be released on November 11th, when the price for the game will rise from 15 [...]
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Indie game Terraria has generated $2,000,000 in just over a week after selling 200,000 copies on Steam. Billed as a cross between Minecraft and Castle Vania, the 2D game generated huge social buzz on it’s release. And before long it had topped the best selling charts on Steam, beating out the likes of Portal 2 [...]
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Minecraft developers Mojang have revealed that an Android version is coming out soon. The game will be released on the Xperia Play first before being rolled out across other Android platforms. There are no details at this stage as to when Minecraft will be released for Android, although we are likely to hear more when [...]
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Minecraft 1.6 Beta is out now and requires both a client and server update. Along with the inevitable bug fixes there are also some more exciting additions to the game including Nether support for multiplayer and craftable maps! Take a look at the Minecraft 1.6 trailer below to find out more. Here is the full [...]
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Minecraft creator Markus Persson, better known as Notch, has announced that a sky dimension will soon be available in the game. The 1.6 update will include the new sky dimension which adds floating islands to the game. The latest update is likely to focus more on bug fixes than new content. However with the new [...]
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Take a look at this awesome video which features a trippy shader mod for Minecraft. This video gives you some idea of what Minecraft might look like if you were tripping balls.
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