Neowin News Feed for: Minecraft

Play this: 'Drop' by Minecraft creator Notch

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:21:32 +0100

Markus 'Notch' Persson, the man behind Minecraft and the upcoming 0x10c, has released a new, minimalistic game called 'Drop'. Players must quickly type words from jumbled letter to pass. Read more...

Xbox Live hit with login issues Saturday; Last.fm app still down

John Callaham — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:44:13 +0100

Xbox 360 owners were unable to sign into their Xbox Live accounts for several hours Saturday and Microsoft is still trying to fix problems with the Xbox 360's Last.fm app and Minecraft game saves. Read more...

Microsoft delays retail Xbox 360 Minecraft release until June 4th

John Callaham — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:39:35 +0100

Microsoft will delay the planned retail disc release of the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft from April 30th to June 4th in order to add some new but unnamed content. Read more...

Minecraft exceeds 10 million sales mark on PC platform

John Callaham — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:13:24 +0100

Downloadable sales of the hit sandbox game Minecraft have now exceeded the 10 million mark after first launching in 2009, with over 11,000 people buying the game in just the last 24 hours. Read more...

Minecraft, Hostway and our grand adventure

Brad Sams — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:43:50 +0100

Our Minecraft world has grown over the past few months and it's time to take a look back at the world, our hosting partner and dig a bit into how the game reflects real life scenarios. Read more...

Microsoft to release Minecraft for Xbox 360 on disc

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:12:27 +0000

Microsoft has announced it will publish an Xbox 360 retail disc version of the popular downloadable sandbox game Minecraft for $19.99, starting on April 30th in the US. Read more...

Come play Minecraft with us at 8PM EST, be a part of our video

Brad Sams — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:09:18 +0000

Did you join our Minecraft server and build something awesome? If you did, tonight is the night to show off your goods with pride as we will be taking some screenshots and possibly video of our world. Read more...

Report: Minecraft was 2012's most popular XBLA game

John Callaham — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:44:41 +0000

A new report claims that revenues from sales of Xbox Live Arcade games reached $290 million in 2012, double the number in 2011, and Minecraft was by far the most downloaded game. Read more...

Minecraft ... er, Blockworld released for Windows 8

John Callaham — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:48:10 +0000

A developer has released a new game for Windows 8 called Blockworld that is an obvious "homage" of the popular Minecraft sandbox game that its creator won't release specifically for Windows 8. Read more...

Do you Minecraft? We Minecraft. Come play with us on our server!

Tim Kimberl — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:33:10 +0000

Are you seeking an adventure, or just simply miss the days building creations out of blocks? If so, you're in luck as Neowin now has its own Minecraft server and we want you to come build with us. Read more...

Minecraft documentary makers upload film to Pirate Bay

John Callaham — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 06:35:45 +0000

2 Player Productions, the creators of the new documentary Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, have already uploaded the file to The Pirate Bay website in hopes of getting software pirates to pay for it. Read more...

Special Raspberry Pi version of Minecraft announced

John Callaham — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:18:21 +0000

Mojang has announced it will release a version of its hit sandbox game Minecraft that's been coded to work with the $35 Raspberry Pi PC, which will be free to download. Read more...

Official Far Cry 3 Minecraft mod released

John Callaham — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 18:30:39 +0000

Ubisoft has released an official mod for the hit sandbox game Minecraft that's designed to be a promotion for the upcoming first person shooter Far Cry 3. Read more...

Take that: Rafael Rivera easily certifies Minecraft for Windows 8

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 04:03:02 +0100

Known Microsoft expert Rafael Rivera investigated the Minecraft/Notch situation, found it wasn't forced into being a Windows Store App, and that it could be certified after no time at all Read more...

Notch: Don't be a hypocrite about Minecraft and Windows 8

John Callaham — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:21:00 +0100

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson shouldn't be a hypocrite about Windows 8 and his "open platform" views on PC gaming when Minecraft ports for the iOS and Xbox 360 are out and selling well. Read more...

Notch slams Windows 8 yet again, won't certify Minecraft

Anthony Tosie — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:27:15 +0100

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson has fired another salvo at Windows 8, saying he won't certify "Minecraft" for the platform and hopes consumers won't adopt the new operating system. Read more...

Minecraft makes a ton of money for Mojang

John Callaham — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:29:04 +0100

Newly revealed financial information reveals that Mojang generated a profit of 7.2 million euros in 2011 and could get over double that amount in 2012, thanks to the success of Minecraft. Read more...

Minecraft's "Notch" latest to bash Windows 8

John Callaham — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:45:14 +0100

Markus "Notch" Perrson has become the latest high profile PC game creator to voice his thoughts about Windows 8, saying that it could be "very, very bad for Indie games." Read more...

Minecraft creator still doesn't want to put game on Steam

John Callaham — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:40:29 +0100

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson still doesn't want to sell the hit sandbox game via Steam, saying he is worried about one major distributor taking control of much of the PC game market. Read more...

Minecraft gets hit with patent lawsuit

John Callaham — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:54:35 +0100

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson has revealed that the sandbox game is being sued for alledged patent infringement violations but vows to fight the charges. Read more...