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As Minecraft edges towards its full launch, Mojang's Markus Persson and Daniel Kaplan discuss fame, fortune and the future
Read More »Minecraft convention set for November
Persson set to greet army of fans on stage as final version of the game launches
Read More »DEVELOP AWARDS VIDEO: Minecraft maestros ‘overwhelmed’
'The first rock stars of video games' delighted at triple win
Read More »Minecraft hits 10m users
PC indie success hits new milestone â?? and the game is still in its beta
Read More »Minecraft reaches 10m users
Over 10m players have registered to play Minecraft in just over two years. The downloadable PC world-building game hit the new milestone well ahead of its full release this November. It was initially released in May 2009 and has since launched on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Minecraft was created …
Read More »Minecraft sales top 2.5 million
Sales of indie phenomenon soar ahead of Xperia Play and Kinect release
Read More »Minecraft surpasses 2.5m sales
More than 2.5 million PC users have picked up a copy of Minecraft to date. The sales achievement was revealed by the game’s creator Markus Persson via Twitter, where he said: 2.5 million sales! That’s as much as Diablo 1 and Far Cry, according to Wikipedia.” The news comes just …
Read More »Mojang: Minecraft 360 isn’t a straight port
E3 2011: Markus Persson reveals new studioâ??s involvement with upcoming Xbox Live project
Read More »Minecraft team ‘plots indie publishing business’
Swedish studio 'hopes to have co-published games released by the autumn'
Read More »Persson opens vote on ‘Minecraft conference’
Las Vegas event could tie in with final launch of the game
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