PureBDcraft’s four-year journey onto the Minecraft Marketplace
Since I started covering the Minecraft Marketplace, one thing I’ve learned is that many of the community creators have spent years working on their...
January 2018’s top 10 Minecraft Marketplace creations: castles and the Wild West
Minecraft players downloaded 239,062 pieces of content from the Minecraft Marketplace in January. The marketplace is available in the unified Bedrock version of Minecraft...
How a love for Minecraft can blossom into a love for reading
Millions of kids around the world play Minecraft, and it didn’t take long for adults to notice something: It has educational value. With Microsoft’s...
Blockception cofounder explains how to make a living from Minecraft’s Marketplace
I like learning about new jobs that didn’t exist a generation ago (or even a year ago). Part of that is because I have...
Why Microsoft knows it needs to beef up its Xbox leadership
Microsoft announced today that Phil Spencer has appointed a new boss of games to handle the role that the executive had previously handled as...
December 2017’s top 10 Minecraft Marketplace creations: Blockception repeats at No. 1
Minecraft is the best example of Microsoft’s modern approach to gaming platforms. The publisher acquired the block-building phenomenon and developer Mojang in 2014 for $2.5...
November 2017’s top 10 Minecraft Marketplace creations
Minecraft is more than a game. It’s a cultural force and a living service. Microsoft, which bought the block-building exploration adventure and its studio...
Discord launches verified servers for Minecraft, Squad, and more
Discord hosts dozens of Minecraft-related communities on its service, but it wants to give you an easy way to tell if you’re joining the Minecraft community....
Minecraft is now on Nintendo’s upgraded New 3DS systems
Nintendo and Microsoft aren’t afraid to work together when it comes to Minecraft. The block-building phenomenon is already on Wii U and Switch, but...
Minecraft Marketplace creators have made $1 million in 2 months
Since acquiring Minecraft in 2014, Microsoft has worked to turn the beloved brick-building phenomenon into its own platform, and those efforts have led to...