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Mojang’s indie hit Minecraft has surpassed 8m units sold on PC. "The PC version of Minecraft just passed 8 million sales!" The game’s creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson announced on twitter. "My face is making grinning sounds, so I assume it’s grinning!” It took less than three months for the game …

Could there be a bigger sign of the changing times? Call of Duty’s position at the top of Major Nelson’s weekly Xbox Live Top Ten is and has been a given for years. It measures the most popular games according to unique users logged into Xbox Live. But this week’s …

Port of Mojang's block buster beats blockbuster shooter for number of unique users

Ubisoft has created a Far Cry 3 map and texture map for Minecraft on PC. The pack modifies all aspects of the game, including environments, weapons and tools. The set also includes locations and characters from the series, including Vaas, Jason and Citra. It’s a smart piece of promotion for …

The Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft is set to receive the content-packed ‘Adventure Update’ sometime later today. The game’s console developer 4J Studios revealed on Twitter that the patch had passed Microsoft certification and its arrival is now imminent. Along with the expected bug fixes and tweaks update 1.8.2 adds …

Egmont Publishing to produce multiple products based on the title next year

Indie PC hit Minecraft is hitting the High Street – but you’ll have to head to the book aisle to find it. UK outfit Egmont Publishing has acquired the book and magazine publishing rights from Mojang, TechCrunch reports. The deal covers all territories except the US. It has not yet …

Minecraft’s Xbox 360 developer 4J has revealed more staggering numbers for the indie hit’s console effort. Speaking on Twitter, a studio rep announced the port has surpassed 4m units sold in its first five months. The total figure averages out to around 27,000 copies sold a day. Last we heard, …

Four million copies of Xbox 360 version sold in five months

Minecraft developer would rather 'the game not run on Windows 8 at all than play along'