Posts tagged as: Mojang

Minecraft Becomes First Video Game To Reach 300 Million In Sales

Developer Mojang Studios has announced that Minecraft, first released in early access in 2009, has now sold over 300 million copies worldwide. It is the first individual videogame to hit such a milestone, with its closest rival Grand Theft Auto V languishing behind on a mere 185 million copies (as of August 2023). Other series […]

Minecraft Earth Comes To The USA

Minecraft Earth is now available in the US in an “Early Access” version. The mobile AR game was announced back in May as a joint effort between Microsoft and Mojang. Per the release, the game lets players trawl through their neighborhoods to collect resources, collaborate on builds with other players, and battle Minecraft mobs. Users can walk around […]

Minecraft To Stay Blocky – Super Duper Graphics Plans Have Been Cancelled

Minecraft will be keeping its block-based look for the foreseeable future as plans to update its graphics are cancelled. Mojang  announced a plan at  E3 2017  to make the game look more realistic In a statement Minecraft developer Mojang said it had ended development on what was known as the Super Duper graphics pack for the […]

Minecraft Is Going AR With Minecraft Earth

Microsoft is working on a new Minecraft game for phones that uses AR to overlay Minecraft as a persistent, massively multiplayer game over the whole planet. Players will be able to build with Minecraft blocks anywhere in public. Players will be able to see avatars of other players and collaborate. Adventure challenges will pop up in […]

Minecraft Creator Will Not Be Part Of 10th Anniversary Events

Minecraft has been around for almost a decade, with the first public version being put out into the world on May 17, 2009. Microsoft will be marking the anniversary, of course, but one significant part of the game’s history is being left in the past. Marcus “Notch” Persson won’t be part of the event. “His comments […]

Rob McElhenny No Longer Part Of The Minecraft Movie Team

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator Rob McElhenny has exited Minecraft, the long in the works animated film adaptation of the popular Mojang video game at Warner Bros. Pictures. Real Steel and Night at the Museum helmer Shawn Levy was attached to the project and then departed several years ago. McElhenny was later attached and the project seemed […]

Super Mario Mash-Up Pack Finally Comes To Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition

Nintendo has announced that the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack is now available for Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition as part of a free update. A friendly partnership between Nintendo, Mojang and Microsoft, this pack includes a whole host of Super Mario-themed characters and environments for you to play with and explore. Players can try to […]

Minecraft’s Platform-Unifying Bedrock Edition Arrives On Switch This June

Things are changing in the world of Minecraft, and that includes one of the biggest updates the block-building phenomenon has ever seen – the Bedrock Edition. The new update will unify Xbox, PC and Pocket Editions into one shared platform, and it’s going live next month. This new version game contains all previously released content, […]

New Update for Minecraft on 3DS Is Now Live

A new update for Minecraft on the New Nintendo 3DS is live. For those eagerly awaiting to explore more of the map in their handheld system, you can expect the following after updating according to the game’s website: “Now players of the New Nintendo 3DS Edition can scour the seas for the mysterious ocean monuments […]

Halo’s Master Chief Is Now on the Nintendo Switch

…at least he is via Minecraft. Xbox’s most well-known character, Master Chief, can now appear on your Nintendo system’s screen. Thanks to the arrival of a new DLC pack for the Switch and Wii U versions of Minecraft, skins from Xbox-exclusive game series like Halo, Gears of War, and Fable are now available. Minecraft developer […]

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