Microsoft celebrates 4 years of Minecraft on Xbox with free content
Minecraft on the Xbox hit an anniversary, and Microsoft wants to give you a gift to celebrate. The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft turns...
Minecraft enters virtual reality on Samsung’s Gear VR headset
It’s time to move beyond the smartphone screen and into the world of Minecraft. Microsoft has launched Minecraft: Gear VR Edition on the Oculus Store...
Minecraft fan site Lifeboat hacked: 7M accounts exposed
Your security is always at risk online, and now it’s fans of the game Minecraft: Pocket Edition that should start worrying. Hackers targeted the...
Minecraft: Pocket Edition gets Mojang’s Realms online multiplayer service
Minecraft owes a lot of its popularity to its openness and depth. Players can do things like run their own servers or install all...
Minecraft community’s latest tool randomly connects players to one of over 3,000 servers
Running into a room full of strangers is not something I would advise in the real world, but that’s what video games are for....
Minecraft’s mobile version will be more powerful thanks to command blocks
Minecraft’s Pocket Edition is about to get a lot more interesting. The mobile version of the popular building game will soon get command blocks,...
Minecraft for Gear VR in 2 words: pixelated claustrophobia
A few minutes into exploring a Minecraft world in Samsung’s Gear VR head-mounted display, I started digging a hole in the ground. After getting...
Minecraft fans are trying to guess the game’s next enemy
Minecraft, the phenomenally successful block-building survival game, is going to get a new enemy (called “mob”) in its next major update. Considering the game has sold around 80 million copies, every little change like this is a big deal for the legions of Minecraft fans around the world.
Oculus founder Palmer Luckey on Minecraft in VR and launching the Rift
After years of development and demos, virtual reality’s moment of truth is approaching. And that’s pretty exciting for Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus...
Minecraft’s newest update improves combat
Minecraft is fighting for your love. OK, “love” might be dramatic. Let’s call it “continued interest.” The game’s newest update — 1.9 — is...