Tag: Minecraft
Minecraft TV: Mojang considering spending $80 million fortune on show
Minecraft, arguably the biggest indie-gaming success story of all time, has raked in $80 million (540 million Swedish krona) for developers Mojang, it has been revealed by the Financial Times. Downloaded more than 25 million times in just 15 months…
Q&A: Gamefly co-founder Sean Spector on digital subscriptions, Steam and the indie gaming boom
Gamefly, the USA's leading videogame rental service, has made the jump over the pond and are looking to take old Blighty by storm with their digital PC games download platform and forth-coming digital subscription service. We caught up with…
Lego and Minecraft to team up for mini-kits?
We've seen Creeper t-shirts, blocky foam pickaxes, we've even seen Post-it note cubes made to look like 8-bit stone masonry! But when it comes to Minecraft merchandise, the Holy Grail pipe dream has always been a hook-up between Minecraft…
Minecraft comes to iPhone and iPad
Yesterday saw the release of the minecraft pocket edition for IOS devices. Android users have been busy building all sorts of blocky goodness for over a month now, so its the turn of IOS users to see if they…
Minecraft finally coming out of Beta and getting big reveal this week
Minecraft the indie game wonder is finally finished according to creator Markus Persson. He confirmed the news on Twitter yesterday tweeting, "So, yes, Minecraft has gone gold. :D." Going gold refers to a final version being created to be…
APP OF THE DAY: Minecraft Pocket Edition (Android)
Forget Angry Birds; if you want a real gaming time-sink, you want to be playing the blocky world creation/tower defence madness of Minecraft. A cult hit on PC's, owners of Xperia Play gaming smartphones can now get their hands…
Euclideon Unlimited Detail vs. Atomontage: The photo-real future of gaming graphics?
The PC gaming community has always been one step ahead of their console counterparts in terms of graphics thanks to the quicker turnover of top-spec hardware components hitting the market. But a video popping up online this week has…
Minecraft and EVE Online latest LulzSec hack targets
Hacking collective LulzSec have struck again, this time with what appears to be a focussed attempt to disrupt the online workings of some of the most popular PC games. Branding yesterday's hacking activities as "Titanic Takeover Tuesday", LulzSec launched DDoS…
Minecraft coming to Android, launching on Xperia Play at E3
Minecraft, the blocky crafting and adventuring PC game that surprised gamers the world over with its charming visuals and indie ethos, is headed to Android devices. The smartphone version of the desktop game will launch at E3 initally as…
