Minecraft on NETFLIX: How to play Minecraft Story Mode on your TV

Minecraft: Story Mode is the final product released from developer TellTale Games before closing down. Streaming service Netflix teased Minecraft: Story Mode with this statement: “Take control of an adventure set in the Minecraft universe. The future of the world is at stake, and your decisions shape the story – so choose wisely!” Minecraft: Story […]

Inside Xbox event will showcase updates to ‘Minecraft,’ ‘Sea of Thieves’

Xbox fans have a lot of news and announcements to look forward to this weekend as Microsoft’s X018 event is underway in Mexico City. Tomorrow at 4:00 PM EST, X018 will host a special two-hour live edition of Inside Xbox, the monthly show covering all things Xbox. Microsoft is gearing up for the holiday season […]

August 2018’s top 10 Minecraft Marketplace creations: Graduation day

The Minecraft Marketplace kept some of its momentum from launching on Switch and its first Summer Sale. The unified version of Minecraft served up 373,361 downloads across Windows 10, mobile, Xbox, and Switch. While that’s nowhere near the 669,795 downloads from July, it’s still a big number for a month without a massive sale. August wa…Read […]

‘Minecraft’ movie delayed amid director changes

Were you eagerly awaiting Minecraft movie’s May 2019 release? You’ll need to make a change of plans. Director and co-writer Rob McElhenney has informed TheWrap that the originally slated debut is “not happening” as he’s leaving the project. It’s not clear why he’s departing or who will replace him as director. However, Warner Bros. is […]

January 2018’s top 10 Minecraft Marketplace creations: castles and the Wild West

Minecraft players downloaded 239,062 pieces of content from the Minecraft Marketplace in January. The marketplace is available in the unified Bedrock version of Minecraft on Windows 10, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and mobile (Bedrock comes to Switch later this year), and it features products made by both The Minecraft Team and community developers. Players can […]

How a love for Minecraft can blossom into a love for reading

GUEST: Millions of kids around the world play Minecraft, and it didn’t take long for adults to notice something: It has educational value. With Microsoft’s MinecraftEdu leading the way, more schools are using Minecraft in classrooms, having their kids experiment with science and math on the screen, or encouraging them to build historical settings or […]

Microsoft promoted its ‘Minecraft’ boss to be the new executive in charge of all Xbox game efforts (MSFT)

Rev3Games/YouTube Microsoft has appointed “Minecraft” leader Matt Booty to new corporate VP of Microsoft Studios, the firm’s internal group overseeing gaming for Xbox, PC, and mobile. He will report directly to Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s highest-ranking executive of its gaming efforts, who himself reports to CEO Satya Nadella. Booty’s job will be to execute Spencer’s strategy […]

Giant ‘Minecraft’ graphics upgrade delayed to 2018

The Minecraft team had a bunch of news at their MineCon Earth convention, but the biggest news may be what’s not happening. Mojang and Microsoft have delayed the launches of both the Super Duper Graphics Pack and cross-platform Switch multiplayer to sometime in 2018. They’re not elaborating on the reasons behind the delay, but in […]

Xbox chief says Sony won’t allow cross-platform Minecraft, probably never will

Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) The release last month of the Better Together update for Minecraft brought together Minecraft players on most of the game’s many platforms: the Xbox One, Windows 10, mobile, and VR versions of the game now all use the same engine and can all play together without borders. Servers and content will be […]