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Total sales of hit world-building title surpass 17.5 million
Read More »Minecraft Pocket Edition sales hit 5m, franchise closing in on 20m mark
Minecraft Pocket Edition is selling well, really well. In fact, it appears the game is selling on par with its PC and XBLA counterparts. Mojang’s Johan Bernhardsson revealed earlier today the game had reached 5m sales. The mobile version of Mojang’s title initially launched in November of 2011, during the …
Read More »The seven games that defined 2012 in this week’s MCV
This week’s MCV isnow available to view online – and it boasts our huge review of the year where we discuss the seven games that defined 2012. We also analyse the November sales data, pick the 25 Gadgets to stock this Christmas and reveal the full state of the UK …
Read More »Minecraft sells 4.5m on XBLA
Mojang's hit showing no signs of slowed sales
Read More »Notch: I worry about Mojang growing
Minecraft creator doesn't want studio to focus on 'super polished' games as they 'require larger teams'
Read More »Minecraft marches onto Raspberry Pi
Free-to-download port of mobile edition will enable users to open up the game's code
Read More »Mojang plots one game release a year
Minecraft developer has ambitions to increase output in future, says Kaplan
Read More »Mojang uncovered
Develop speaks to the team behind Minecraft to discover what makes this studio tick
Read More »Have your Minecraft world made into a real-life model
Minecraft fans now have the chance to have their most impressive digital creations recreated in the real-world. Owned by former Microsoft exec Ed Fries, FigurePrints specialises in making models based on in-game creations. It already offers a World of Warcraft and Xbox Live avatar service (although the latter is being …
Read More »Minecraft PC passes eight million
Indie hit has sold consistently since previous milestone in August
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