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Minecraft won an MCV Award last night. The 360 version of the popular digital download game was named Sales Triumph. Minecraft on 360 has been a bestseller on Xbox, and likely the format’s best selling single-format game for the last 12 months. It has held the number one spot pretty …
Read More »Persson confesses to feeling the pressure after Minecraft success
20m sales and counting – indie hit Minecraft is one of the most remarkable successes in the history of gaming. But there’s a flip-side to these accomplishments. How on earth do you follow-up one of the most successful games ever made? I definitely think Minecraft is a freak thing,” he …
Read More »Retail version of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition delayed
The retail launch for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has been pushed back to June. Major Nelson revealed on Twitter that the US release date had been moved from April 30th to June 4th – in effort to match the current downloadable equivalent’s latest version. FYI: In order to include the …
Read More »Minecraft’s Notch currently ranked 2nd most influential person in the world
Mojang co-founder Markus Persson placing second in Time 100 ranking
Read More »Minecraft PC hits 10 million sales
Lifetime sales across all platforms close on 25 million
Read More »Minecraft PC passes 10m sales, Xbox 360 retail launch this month
Minecraft has surpassed 10m copies sold across PC, Mac, and Linux platforms. "Minecraft (PC) has hit 10M! As promised, a subtle hint on the main 1.6 feature…" Bergensten tweeted. Bergensten’s link was to a photo of a horse, indicating what would appear to be a new feature for the upcoming …
Read More »PC games achieved record $20bn revenue in 2012
Minecraft, Diablo III and Guild Wars 2 spur on growth for PC software market
Read More »Report: PC gaming software sales hit $20bn in 2012
The global PC gaming software market ballooned to $20bn last year, according to a new report by industry research group DFC Intelligence. The report (via Shacknews) was commissioned by the PC Gaming Alliance, which also announced the results. The organization includes both AMD and Intel. The $20bn figure marks an …
Read More »Minecraft surpasses 6m sales on XBLA
The Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft has reached yet another milestone. Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has now sold over SIX MILLION copies,” console developer 4J Studios announced on Twitter. The game’s continuing success on Microsoft’s console is no surprise, with indie retailer Game On recently telling MCV that the port …
Read More »Minecraft holds Xbox Live UK No.1 spot for ninth consecutive week
Minecraft is the No.1 UK Xbox Live Arcade game for the ninth week on the trot. It’s been No.1 since we started printing our exclusive XBLA charts back in February. The game has withheld stiff competition from free-to-play game Happy Wars, plus a string of price discounts in recent weeks. …
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