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The mystery behind Mojang’s failure to release Scrolls on iOS appears to have been solved. The game was released on PC and Android last December but despite being scheduled to appear on Apple’s devices never migrated to the platform. Touch Arcade reports that the game was actually successfully ported to …
Read More »Mojang shutting down Scrolls
Minecraft studio can no longer sustain continuous development on card battler
Read More »Mojang ends Scrolls support, servers shutting down next year
Mojang is no longer developing content for its card-battle strategy game Scrolls, with the studio confirming plans to shut down servers in 2016. In a post on the Scroll’sofficial website, the Microsoft-owned company explained that the its second full release received its last major content update earlier this month. "After …
Read More »Mojang introduces IAP cap for Scrolls
Minecraft studio limiting how much players will be able to spend in final version of next game
Read More »Mojang caps Scrolls IAP spending ‘to retain game balance’
There will be a limit on how much money players of Mojang’s card game Scrolls can spend on the game. "We restrict how much you can spend to retain game balance," Mojang said, as reported by Eurogamer. "This sounds unlikely, but you really don’t have to spend more than the …
Read More »Mojang readying Scrolls official launch for next month
Strategy card game Scrolls is set to transition from open beta to full release before the end of November, developer Mojang has revealed. Speaking with Touch Arcade, Mojang’s Owen Hill explained that the Microsoft-owned studio’s third commercial effort (following Minecraft and Cobalt) should be out by late November – if …
Read More »Mojang lowers Scrolls price ahead of arrival on tablets
Minecraft developer Mojang is to lower the price of Scrolls as it prepares to release the game on tablets. You knew that Mojang made more than just Minecraft, right? Scrolls currently costs 12.95 on PC and Mac but will be cut to $5 (around 3) when it hits tablets in …
Read More »Notch to disband Mojang after 10 years if no longer profitable
Mojang will shut its doors a decade after its formation if the developer isn’t turning a profit, company founder Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has revealed. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Persson divulged his long-term vision for the studio formed to oversee the development of his indie game turned empire Minecraft; …
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 »Mojang uncovered
Develop speaks to the team behind Minecraft to discover what makes this studio tick
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