Minecraft was one of the first major titles to offer VR support, starting with the original Oculus Rift back in 2015. Since then, VR support has come to plenty of additional platforms, including Sony's PlayStation VR. However, you won't be able to use PSVR with Minecraft for much longer. Roughly …
Read More »Mojang confirms upcoming native PS5 upgrade for Minecraft
Despite being almost 4 years old now, the PlayStation 5 has yet to get a native version of Minecraft – with the Series X only having received its own upgrade recently. That said, the team have now finally confirmed and spoken on their plans for a free native PS5 upgrade; …
Read More »PS5 version of Minecraft finally launches (in preview)
Despite being by far the best selling game of all time, Mojang had shown a surprising lack of interest in bringing current-gen versions of Minecraft to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Finally, after years of waiting, the current-gen Xboxes got a 4k patch late last year. Now, a …
Read More »Minecraft looks to finally be getting native current-gen upgrades
Despite being by far the best selling videogame of all time, Minecraft has for the past 3 years been running on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S with last-gen equivalent settings. Following a stealth update to the Xbox’s beta release, Minecraft looks set to finally get official current-gen ports. …
Read More »Post-launch support for Minecraft Legends officially ends
Following the overwhelming success of Minecraft, we have seen the team at Mojang expand the IP outwards into other gaming genres. One such project was Minecraft Legends – a real-time strategy game featuring familiar Minecraft elements. Despite having launched less than a year ago, support for the game has now …
Read More »Jack Black cast as Steve in Minecraft film
As far back as 2014 there have been rumours circulating that a Minecraft movie was in development. We have heard bits and pieces regarding the film in the many years since, with the movie claimed to be arriving in 2025. Now, we have perhaps had the biggest piece of news …
Read More »Minecraft FINALLY gets 4K support on Xbox
Despite being by far the best-selling game of all time with more than 300 million copies sold, Minecraft on consoles has fallen far behind when it comes to receiving any tech upgrades – so much so that on the latest and greatest Series X, the game was still limited to …
Read More »Minecraft has officially sold 300 million copies
For years, Minecraft has been the best-selling video game of all time, with the creativity-focused sandbox surpassing 200 million copies back in 2020. Its sales trajectory has not slowed down, with the team at Mojang now revealing that the title has officially sold more than 300 million copies. Making the …
Read More »Microsoft ends development of Minecraft Dungeons
Minecraft Dungeons launched across all platforms a few years ago and has continued to receive updates since. However, it is time for Mojang to move on to other projects, bringing development on Dungeons to an end. This week, Mojang confirmed that Update 1.17 will be the final patch for Minecraft …
Read More »Support for Minecraft Dungeons ends as game hits 25 million players
Following the overwhelming success of Minecraft, we have seen the team at Mojang expand the IP outwards into other gaming genres. One such project was Minecraft Dungeons – a dungeon-crawling spin-off which released back in 2020. As the game sees its post-launch support ending, the team are celebrating Minecraft Dungeons’ …
Read More »Minecraft is not getting a current-gen upgrade according to Microsoft
Over the past few weeks, we have reported on a number of listings made by various game rating boards across the world, suggesting that Mojang are gearing up to release a current-gen upgrade for the ever-popular Minecraft. Despite the evidence, Microsoft has now claimed otherwise, stating that there will not …
Read More »More evidence points towards Series X upgrade for Minecraft
Minecraft is by far the best selling game of all time, with the creativity-focused survival sandbox pushing more than 238 million copies. Despite this, the team at Mojang have yet to upgrade the game for current-generation consoles, with the title only available via backwards compatibility. After waiting years, it seems …
Read More »Minecraft Legends surpasses 3 million players in two weeks
Minecraft is the best-selling game of all time, having shifted over 238 million copies across the game’s many platforms. While we are unlikely to ever see a Minecraft 2, the team at Mojang have been keeping the Minecraft name going with a number of spin-offs crossing many different genres. The …
Read More »Minecraft gets massive Mega Man X DLC
While many Minecraft players continue to rely on the original Java release thanks to its abundance of community support, Microsoft have continued to support the Bedrock version, including multiple unique and interesting crossovers. Following the likes of Mario and Sonic, Minecraft x Mega Man X has now been announced. Available …
Read More »Mojang bans NFTs and blockchain integration from Minecraft
Minecraft has a huge custom modding and custom server community, and with the rise in NFTs, some custom servers have been looking at ways to integrate blockchain and NFTs with unofficial Minecraft servers. This week, Mojang officially updated its Minecraft usage guidelines, banning NFTs and blockchain technologies from being used. …
Read More »Strategy spin-off Minecraft Legends announced for 2023
With Mojang wrapping up work on Minecraft Dungeons, the studio has turned its attention to a new spin-off game. Minecraft Legends will be releasing next year as an all-new action strategy game developed in partnership with Blackbird Interactive. In Minecraft Legends, players will discover a full of lush biomes and …
Read More »Mojang removes ray-tracing from Minecraft on Xbox
Back in 2020, Mojang and Nvidia teamed up to implement full path-traced ray-tracing in Minecraft, releasing a bespoke version of the game on PC called Minecraft RTX. Recently, ray tracing showed up in the preview version of Minecraft for Xbox Series X/S consoles, but Mojang has since removed this, claiming …
Read More »Minecraft surpasses 1 Trillion views on YouTube
Minecraft is the best selling game in the world, with almost 250 million copies sold. Despite this huge figure, it pales in comparison to the number of video views that Minecraft has collectively amassed over the years. As announced by YouTube, Minecraft has now surpassed 1 Trillion video views on …
Read More »Two Minecraft games are in development
Minecraft is the best selling video game of all time with over 200 million copies sold. Since Microsoft’s purchase of Mojang, the console manufacturer has been trying to capitalise on the IP releasing new and adjacent Minecraft games – to varying levels of success. The company continues to leverage the …
Read More »Minecraft’s latest major update has gone live
Since its 1.0 launch all the way back in 2011, Minecraft has continued to receive major updates, with no clear indication of it slowing down any time soon. The latest update, titled the “Cave and Cliffs” update has now gone live, with Part 1 now available for all to enjoy. …
Read More »Minecraft Dungeons has amassed over 11.5 million players
Minecraft is the best selling game of all time. With over 200 million copies sold, the next best-selling (GTA V) is over 55 million copies behind. With so many copies sold, it may be unsurprising to see a spin-off game perform well. Even so, Minecraft: Dungeon, the Diablo-style dungeon crawler, …
Read More »Minecraft Earth shutting down in June 2021
Mojang Studios has been quietly working away on Minecraft Earth for the last 18 months. Unfortunately, the game won't be making its way towards a full release, as the game has been abruptly cancelled. Minecraft Earth was Mojang's attempt to capitalise on the advent of AR gaming on smartphones. The …
Read More »Minecraft surpasses 400 million players in China alone
Minecraft is the best selling video game on the planet. With over 200 million copies sold, the open sandbox game is far ahead of all other competitors in this regard. These figures only account for paid copies sold however. In mainland China, where the game is free-to-play, Minecraft has surpassed …
Read More »Cross-platform multiplayer coming to Minecraft Dungeons
Minecraft was one of the first games to push cross-platform multiplayer between consoles, PC and even mobile. Minecraft Dungeons launched without cross-play multiplayer, but that will be changing soon, with a new update bringing together all console versions and PC. Today during Minecraft Live, Mojang announced that Cross-Play is coming …
Read More »Mojang rebranded as Mojang Studios; featuring new logo
Minecraft, the best selling video game of all time, recently celebrated its 11th birthday. As part of the celebration, the game’s developers – Mojang – announced that the studio would be going through a slight rebranding. From now on, Mojang will be known as Mojang Studios, and the company logo which …
Read More »Minecraft will be getting RTX ray-tracing
Just last week, Mojang announced that it was cancelling the Super Duper Graphics Pack for Minecraft, the game’s first in-house graphics overhaul set to rival some of the most impressive mods. While the graphics pack may no longer be coming, there is something else in the works, with Minecraft set …
Read More »Minecraft’s Super Duper graphics pack has been cancelled
A couple of years ago during E3, Microsoft announced that it would be releasing its own Super Duper Graphics Pack for Minecraft, a first-party, cross-platform graphics pack comparable to some of the mods that have been available on PC for years. Mojang has been quiet on the subject since its …
Read More »Minecraft is coming to the Oculus Rift after all
Back when Facebook originally acquired Oculus, quite a few people took issue with it, one person being Markus Persson, the man behind Minecraft. At the time, Persson cancelled his version of Minecraft for the Oculus Rift but things have changed since then, Mojang has since been sold to Microsoft, Persson …
Read More »TellTale’s Minecraft: Story Mode is releasing next month
Another game has been added to the busy October release line-up. This time it's TellTale's Minecraft: Story Mode, which was announced earlier this year. The game will be similar to TellTale's other titles in that it will also be a point and click adventure. The game is launching on the …
Read More »Minecraft now has cross play between mobile and Windows 10
Microsoft launched a brand new version of Minecraft alongside Windows 10 last month. Now, one of the new improvements coming to the game is cross-play support between the PC and mobile devices. Patch 0.12.1 will allow Minecraft Windows 10 Edition players to play with Minecraft Pocket Edition players. In the …
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