Camp Minecraft: How educators use the block-building game to inspire kids to code
Educational organization iD Tech Camps is using the block-building game to teach science and math skills.
Phil Fish tweet rebuilt in Minecraft
The Fez designer complains about a certain kind of story on gaming blogs. This is exactly that kind of story.
Microsoft hammers away at April 5 Minecraft update
The ninth title update passed Microsoft certification and will add more end-game content.
Modern games re-imagined as Atari 2600 cartridges (gallery)
This beautiful Atari 2600 cartridge mock-ups make us wonder: What would the world be like if the 2600 was the only home console we ever needed?
Minecraft developer chipping away at April release for Scrolls beta
Mojang is nearly ready to start letting everyone play its Scrolls collectible card game.
Valve opens Early Games portal on Steam
Indie developers can now sell access to their ongoing betas through Steam.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Whales of social gaming, Starcraft II guide, Saints Row IV, and family Minecraft servers
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Minecraft Realms: Mojang ventures into services with world rental aimed at families
Minecraft families will get a simplified server solution from Mojang.
Mojang releases Minecraft: Pi Edition for the Raspberry Pi Linux computer
The $35 Raspberry Pi computer gets some brick-building action in the form of Mojang's Minecraft.
Exclusive: Minecraft’s Notch no longer funding Psychonauts 2
After a year of hope and speculation, GamesBeat has learned that Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson will no longer personally finance a sequel to Double Fine's much-loved action-platformer, Psychonauts.