Minecraft’s fourth skin pack on XBLA tomorrow

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition fans, get excited as a fourth skin pack for the title will be available from tomorrow. Included in the “Skin Pack 4″ are models based on Assassin’s Creed (above), Borderlands (below), Dragon Age, Fruit Ninja, Castle… Read More »

Minecraft may be headed to PlayStation, Wii U highly unlikely

The unstoppable juggernaut that is Minecraft continues its steady march towards world domination with news that the game is being considered for release on more platforms. Microsoft currently holds an exclusivity deal on Minecraft which sees it restricted to the Xbox 360… Read More »

The next Minecraft update lands early March; does something with redstone

Look guys, I don’t confess to being a Minecraft expert, so I really don’t understand what most of this means. But, I’m sure you will. (Maybe you can tell me in the comments, below?) Mojang’s Jens Bergensten has taken to… Read More »

Minecraft on Xbox gets festive and a little bit frisky with the latest update

Ho ho ho Minecraft fans. Get ready to deck the halls with potions and have an “enchanting” new year as the latest update heads to the Xbox 360 version. The update will essentially be the 1.0.1 update of the version – without… Read More »

Feature film “Story of Minecraft” to debut December 22nd, free for Xbox LIVE members

Following the hugely popular reception and snowball financial success of the hit pixel builder Minecraft, documentary team 2 Player Productions secured over $200,000 in backing from Kickstarter to film a documentary about the creation and its subsequent future. Millions of sold copies… Read More »

Minecraft update 1.8.2 for Xbox adds more food and removes bugs

Update 1.8.2 for Minecraft on Xbox Live will be coming soon – date is still TBA – and will add a host of new features while removing a long list of bugs. New delicacies available for you to whip up include… Read More »

Minecraft on Xbox 360 is now more popular than Modern Warfare 3

As if anyone, anywhere needed more proof that Minecraft is an unstoppable juggernaut, comes the news that Minecraft is now more popular than Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox Live.  Major Nelson announced that for the week of 15 October, Minecraft  was the… Read More »

Minecraft: Where every character is gay.

You read that right, folks. Minecraft’s creator, Markus Persson (better known as Notch), has recently disclosed that every character in animal in his addictive little masterpiece is a homosexual. Even better, he finished the statement with a profound, “Take THAT,… Read More »

New to Minecraft? The Xbox 360 version’s achievements will be your tutorial.

Well, die-hard Minecraft fans might not like the look of these achievements for the upcoming Xbox 360 version of the game, but I sure do. I’ve never played more than three minutes of Minecraft (I know, right? I’m awful!), so… Read More »

Minecraft stars in XBLA’s “Arcade NEXT”

Well, if the lack of Xbox Live Arcade promotions between “House Party” and “Summer of Arcade” is getting you down, say hello to “Arcade NEXT.” Oh, and we should probably mention that the Xbox 360-version of Minecraft is included in… Read More »