Minecraft News

Markus Persson hands over reins of indie hit to Jens Bergensten, plans to stay on dev team but also work on "new project."

Xbox 360 and iOS versions of indie hit discussed during opening presentation of Mojang-devoted Las Vegas convention.

Mojang's world builder converts one-quarter of its registered users into paid miners, testing phase ends next week.

Console version of Mojang's PC indie hit to be exclusive to Microsoft's hardware; playable version planned to be shown at MineCon fan convention next month.

Bethesda's parent Zenimax has the right to appeal, but the Minecraft firm can continue to use the Scrolls name in the interim.

Minecraft and Rift take home two awards each; EverQuest inducted into the GDC Online Hall of Fame.

Creator of open-ended PC indie hit says trademark battle over the use of "Scrolls" in the name of Mojang's next game could not be settled.

Version 1.8 of open-ended PC game introduces randomly generated dungeons, new creatures, sprinting, critical attacks, and more.

Notch offers high praise for digital storefront, but balks at the limitations imposed by Valve, says there's an inherent incompatibility to their approaches.

PAX 2011: Ph.D. student surveys players of Mojang's Minecraft, focuses on its phenomenal success and influence on gamer culture.

Markus "Notch" Persson challenges Bethesda to a team deathmatch competition, promises to let Skyrim publisher approve a new name for Scrolls if he loses.

Individual entry to Las Vegas Minecraft convention priced at $99 until September 30, $140 thereafter; keynote speeches, costume contests, breakout classes, and more promised.

As indie hit surpasses 3 million sold, Notch says lawyers with Elder Scrolls publisher upset over Mojang trademark filing for its Minecraft follow-up Scrolls.

Indie hit creator Markus Persson tells PC Gamer MineCon will land in Sin City this fall to coincide with full launch of game.

Underground phenomenon hits new milestone; total of 2,673,539 have purchased the game to date.

Internet hacking group targets CCP MMOG, Mojang indie hit, League of Legends, and The Escapist in distributed denial of service attacks.

GDC 2011: Jenova Chen, John Romero, and Jason Rohrer share ideas for a game that's also a religion or a religion that's also a game.

GDC 2011: Rockstar San Diego's Western triumphs at Game Developers Conference's annual ceremony; Mass Effect 2, Limbo, Minecraft, also honored; full video inside.

GDC 2011: Mojang's sandbox game triumphs at Game Developers Conference-associated awards show; Bit.Trip Runner takes home Excellence in Visual Art.

Indie phenomenon breaks 1 million paid customers before it even emerges from beta phase of development.