Minecraft is building blocky stacks of cash for Microsoft

Minecraft is probably going to end up as one of Microsoft’s better investments.

The corporation reported that revenue from first-party games was up to $171 million during its fiscal second quarter. That’s a 79 percent increase. And while the first-person shooter Halo: The Master Chief Collection and race-car sim Forza Horizon 2 helped, Microsoft can thank its recently acquired block-building game for its bulging bank account.