Category: Minecraft News
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Minecraft – Microsoft Partners with Mixer to Allow Viewer Interaction with Streamers
Minecraft streamers who broadcast using Mixer will be able to provide their viewers with a new level of interactivity. Anyone viewing a stream via Mixer will be provided with buttons that can influence the game by helping, hindering or just plain build…
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Minecraft – Spoooooktacular Event Begins on Official Partner Servers
Minecraft players can now take part in the annual SPOOOOKTACULAR Halloween event taking place across the Mineplex, InPvP and Lifeboat servers, official partners of the devs. Players will find “blocky Halloweentowns” packed with tricks and treats. They’…
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Minecraft – All Versions Meld Into a Happy Family with Better Together
The Better Together update for Minecraft has been deployed that brings the Windows 10, mobile, VR and console versions of the game together. Minecraft is now a universal game and unites players around the world on millions of devices and includes thirt…
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Minecraft – Wynncraft – An MMO Within an MMO
There has been a lot of virtual ink devoted to whether or not Minecraft is an MMO. Regardless of which side of the fence you are on, there is no disputing a new module made within Minecraft that is a fully featured MMO called Wynncraft.
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Minecraft – Players Can Assist in Cancer Research Via Special Mod
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is the home of one of the most advanced educational super computers in the US. To extend the machine processing power associated with cancer research currently in process at SMU, educators have created a special Mine…
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Minecraft – Marketplace to Bring Cool Community Creations to Others
The Minecraft Marketplace is coming soon to the game with the Discovery Update (v1.1) later this spring. The idea is to allow community creations to be sold within the game itself. The shop items will be curated by the Minecraft team and sold through t…
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Minecraft – Team Celebrates 122M Copies Sold, 55M Monthly Users
The Minecraft team is celebrating some big numbers today: Over 122 million copies of the game have been sold and over 55 million players take part in the game on any given month. Those are impressive stats no matter who you are and definitely worthy of…
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Minecraft – Fully Featured Pokemon Map Being Released
A team calling itself Phoenix Projects has set itself an ambitious task in creating a fully-featured Pokemon experience within Minecraft. Called “Pokemon Cobalt and Amethyst”, the single-player map will feature over a hundred Pokemon, a Pokemon League,…
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Minecraft: Wii U Edition Launches in the US
Minecraft fans will be pleased to hear that the boxed version of Minecraft for Wii U is now available in stores in the United States. Retailing for $29.99, this retail version comes with all of the add-on content packs in the Nintendo eShop version of …
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Minecraft: Super Mario-Themed Update Coming for Wii U Players
Wii U players with Minecraft installed will be able to get hold of the Super Mario update when it is released on May 17th. Players will be able to take on appropriately blocky Hammer Bros. and Dry Bones in a place where worlds collide. In addition, a s…