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VP of marketing Matthew DiPietro expects a 'watershed moment' for game broadcasting once service goes live
Read More »Mojang hires Jonas Mårtensson as new VP
Former head of mobile at online gambling company steps in at Minecraft developer
Read More »Ordnance Survey creates real map of Britain in Minecraft
Real-world terrain data used to create accurate in-game landscape consisting of 22 billion blocks
Read More »Minecraft PC sales cross 12m, Mass Effect DLC planned for 360 Edition
Calling Minecraft the golden goose of Mojang seems a bit understated at this point. The original version of the game (PC/Mac/Linux) has surpassed 12m copies sold, according to its official sales ticker. Combined with dated console and mobile numbers, that moves Minecraft to well over 20m copies sold across all …
Read More »Minecraft arrives on PS4 at launch
Mojang's global hit makes its way to Sony's next-gen platform
Read More »Failure is okay, says Notch
Markus Persson cancels Minecraft follow-up 0x10c
Read More »Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition surpasses 8m units sold
Mojang’s hit sandbox game Minecraft has sold over 8m units, console developer 4J Studios has announced. The game’s Xbox team took to Twitter to reveal the latest milestone for what has become one of the three-headed sales monster of Minecraft on PC, Xbox 360, and mobile devices. MCV reported yesterday …
Read More »Mojang’s Scrolls sells 100k units, still in beta
Mojang has announced the paid-beta for its upcoming strategy card game Scrolls has sold 100k copies. Mojang developer Henrik Pettersson took to Twitter to announce the milestone, which was reached in under two months of availability – with the beta originally launching on July 3rd. The PC and Mac offering …
Read More »Minecraft subject of US media attack
Mojang game dubbed 'Minecrack' and criticised for influence on youngsters
Read More »More Minecraft LEGO heads to market
Outrageously successful online game Minecraft is getting even more LEGO merchandise. LEGO teamed up with the developer Mojang last year for some LEGO, and now from early September even more is set to reach consumers – entitled The Village and The Nether. Both were unveiled at Comic-Con and have a …
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