Tag Archives: Minecraft

It is believed that the term ‘Freedonia’ was first used by 18th century Americans in the aftermath of the War of Independence, as a colloquial (and rather on the nose) nickname for their newly liberated nation founded on the principles of freedom and equality. Almost 250 years on, and America …

The blocky world builder has taken its time coming to Nintendo but Minecraft (opens in new tab) will finally be available on Wii U from December 12th. Announced on Mojang’s Blog (opens in new tab), the game will be available on the Nintendo eShop and come with multiple content packs. …

Telltale Games makes smart games. Involving, emotional, clever narrative experiences like The Walking Dead (opens in new tab) or Game Of Thrones (opens in new tab). So, given that the grassy endless world builder has no plot to speak of, the episodic Minecraft: Story Mode (opens in new tab) is …

Of all the worlds for story masters Telltale Games to tackle, Minecraft (opens in new tab) is definitely the most interesting due to it’s complete, well, lack of a plot. Minecraft: Story Mode had a proper reveal at Minecon this weekend in London and as well as a new trailer …

Build it and they will come Its hard to overstate the popularity of Minecraft on YouTube. The video-sharing platform is a home to tens of thousands of gamers who upload their escapades to be enjoyed by a wider community. Around the middle of 2014, those videos had been viewed agrand …

According to Mojang CEO Carl Manneh, the company is having an amazing year in 2012 as Minecraft proliferates to many different platforms. MCV Nordic (opens in new tab) reports that Mojang took in around $8.9 million in profits in 2011, and now that number is poised to hit nearly $18 …

Minecrafters have spent the last couple of years bricking music videos, The Simpsons intros, Game Boy recreations, and video game trailers. These have all been impressive in their own right, but now the new block-it-yourself project to beat is this epic reconstruction of Hyrule from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina …

(opens in new tab) Microsoft shocked the gaming community when it took time out of its highly-publicized E3 presentation to show a trailer for an Xbox 360 port of the popular indie PC hit Minecraft. Since then little has come out about the game, but in just a few short …

There’s nothing particularly funny about Markus %26ldquo;Notch%26rdquo; Persson’s battle with Bethesda’s (read: ZeniMax’s) lawyers over the alleged misuse of the name ‘Scrolls’ for Mojang Studios’ next game, however there is something refreshingly awesome about his proposed solution. Hoping to end the dispute as quickly and honorably as possible, the Minecraft …

Extreme PortalCraft opens a blue portal in the original Portal, creates an orange portal within Minecraft, and drops all the key elements of the former into the latter while nobody’s looking. The central technology doesn’t suffer a bit from being downgraded into Minecraft’s 8-bit aesthetic, while sounds and gravity mechanics …