Minecraft coming to Vita next week
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Minecraft is finally coming to the PlayStation Vita, and Sony has detailed the somewhat convoluted upgrade and cross-buy schemes between it and its console counterparts.
READ MORE >Minecraft: Xbox One Edition lands on retail shelves this November
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Microsoft has announced the retail version of Minecraft: Xbox One Edition will be making its way to retailers starting this November.
READ MORE >Minecraft emerges on PlayStation 3 this week, PS4 and Vita in 2014
Surprise! In a last-minute announcement, Mojang has revealed that Minecraft will arrive on PlayStation 3 this Tuesday. It was once planned to be a PlayStation 4 launch title and arrive on Vita too, but those versions are now slated to arrive "sometime next year." Still, your...
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see all 7 commentsMinecraft kicks off DLC 'Mash-ups' with Mass Effect
We all knew Minecraft was pretty dang big, but when EA teams up to release stuff for your game, that's something else. A smattering of Mass Effect-themed DLC is coming to the dig 'em up's Xbox 360 edition this week, including skins of Mass Effect characters and a high-tech t...
READ MORE >Minecraft XBLA played for 1 billion hours
Minecraft on XBLA has crossed the one billion hours played mark.
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see all 39 commentsMinecraft XBLA update 9 coming Friday
Minecraft's "Update 9" is coming on Friday, 4J Studios has announced. It adds new End behaviors, a host of new building materials, and various fixes.
READ MORE >Minecraft Xbox 360 update to add new behaviors, more loot
Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition's next title update is just around the corner, and the team has detailed what players can expect from it.
READ MORE >Minecraft for PlayStation to be considered, Wii U 'unlikely'
Minecraft has an exclusivity arrangement with Microsoft still in effect, but when that runs out Mojang's Jens Bergensten says they'll "consider" a PlayStation version. A Wii U port, on the other hand, is "very unlikely."
READ MORE >"That's not really a reason. If the internet jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?"
see all 76 commentsMinecraft for Xbox 360 hits 5 million copies sold
Minecraft for Xbox 360 continues to rack up the sales numbers since its release in May, surpassing the 5 million mark on the last day of 2012. Those numbers were fueled by a 453,000-sales bump on Christmas Day alone.
READ MORE >"Lol, so true. Minecraft is one of those games that requires the creativity and design of it's ..."
see all 54 commentsMinecraft: The Story of Mojang documentary free on Xbox Live
Minecraft: The Story of Mojang is a feature-length documentary that looks at Persson's rise to fame, and offers a detailed look at his new studio.
READ MORE >Minecraft for Xbox getting 'The End' with update 8
Minecraft's Title Update 7 and 8 are on the way. Several new features will come with TU7, and TU8 will introduce "The End" area.
READ MORE >"My little nephew will love this. He's been waiting a while for his favorite 'world' of minecraft ..."
see all 10 commentsMinecraft for Xbox reaches 4 million, PC download cards now in retail
4J Studios announced that Minecraft XBLA has crossed the four million sales mark, just as Mojang begins selling download cards for the PC version in retail stores.
READ MORE >"I kinda remember that post now, but in the time since there's been lots of F2P games launched on ..."
see all 8 commentsNotch: Minecraft XBLA sales hit 3 million
We knew Minecraft was popular when it came out for Xbox Live Arcade in May, but the popularity apparently is still growing as Marcus "Notch" Persson has tweeted sales have hit 3 million units.
READ MORE >"They're different games. If they did make them compatible, they would have to dumb down some ..."
see all 5 commentsMinecraft XBLA adding DLC costumes
Minecraft on the Xbox 360 is getting its first DLC content pack, full of costumes like the Covenant Grunt, Trials biker, Splosion Man, and a Minecraft Creeper.
READ MORE >"Why, thank you. I am a 360 user. I will play my games whereas my ass dictates."
see all 48 commentsMinecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
Minecraft XBLA is getting a small update (1.7.3) for pistons, and then developer 4J is moving into the ambitious Adventure update. It calls this "the most difficult update due to the sheer amount of changes."
READ MORE >"When are the updates supposed to be released? me and my friends have been trying to keep up with ..."
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"Steve Watts posted a new article, Minecraft coming to Vita next week"
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