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Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Developer Faces Adventure Update Challenges
4J Studios faces some steep challenges in bringing Minecraft's "Adventure Update" content to the Xbox 360 version of the game, a new OXM interview with 4J CTO Paddy Burns reveals. The developer did a stellar job of porting the core experience to a console platform in Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, but it still amounts to a port of an...
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Microsoft Offers Refunds To SDTV-Owning Minecraft Buyers
Microsoft is offering refunds to those who bought Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition on Xbox Live Arcade only to discover that the game's split-screen multiplayer feature is not supported by standard definition TVs. The game's Xbox.com/Xbox Live Marketplace listing has also been updated to warn customers of the standard def limitation. The publisher...
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Minecraft Xbox 360 Launch Trailer
Minecraft's Xbox 360 launch trailer is here and ready for your viewing pleasure. The video focuses on the 360's multiplayer features. Minecraft was originally supposed to launch on the Xbox 360 platform last winter, but was delayed. You can finally play Minecraft from the comfort of your couch on May 9, 2012. Check out this trailer to see if...
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Viral Videos Remade In Minecraft: Nugget From The Net
Have you ever wondered what the biggest viral videos on the internet would look like if they were recreated in Minecraft? YouTube user/channel Minecrafta2z did, and created an amazing video. You'll find it below -- Keyboard Cat, Sneezing Panda, Dramatic Groundhog, Badgers, Badgers Badgers and even Double Rainbow, made in Minecraft!
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Minecraft Parent Company Mojang Made 80 Million
Minecraft's parent company, Mojang, has made over 80 million bucks. That's what a fantastic gaming idea can get for you -- 80 million bones in only 15 months of operation. The runaway success Mojang has had with Minecraft might result in some interesting cross-genre possibilities. According to an interview with Carl Manneh, Mojang’s chief...
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Minecraft For 360 Release Date Revealed
The release date for the 360 version of indie-game Minecraft has been revealed. You'll be punching trees and fighting skeletons on May 9. While the gameplay of Minecraft will be very similar to the PC version, the most trumpeted innovation of the 360 Minecraft is in the documentation. Basically, there is some. The devs say they've worked hard...
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Notch Working On Space Adventure Game
Notch, the creator of Minecraft, says he's planning to make a space adventure game. Speaking to the BBC this weekend after winning a BAFTA Special Award in London, Notch (A/K/A Markus Persson) said: “I think I’m going to make a space game, where you’re a guy on a spaceship and you have adventures in space.” Notch says...
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Minecraft FAQ: Notch Shares The Secrets Of Minecraft's Success At GDC 2012
Marcuss Persson, better known to the gaming community as Notch, is the man who created a world one block at a time, and an indie empire to go along with it, in the cultural phenomenon that is Minecraft. Notch sat down with Chris Hecker from definition six, inc at GDC 2012 to break down the very elements of what made Minecraft a huge success as...
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Notch: Minecraft Contains Undiscovered Secret
Minecraft contains a secret that has yet to be discovered, according to the game's creator, Markus "Notch" Persson. Notch dropped that word at his "Fireside Chat" at GDC 2012, as well as letting gamers know that there will be slight differences in the Minecraft crafting system on the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft. As far as...
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Game Of Thrones Meets Minecraft In A Server Of Fire And Ice
A large part of our office, myself included, is currently obsessed with the fantasy novel/HBO miniseries Game of Thrones. That's why, when we saw that a team of people are trying to recreate parts of the fantasy universe in a Minecraft server called A Server of Fire and Ice, we got pretty psyched. They're currently working on the capital city...
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Minecraft 1.2 Out Now, Features Ocelots, A Jungle Biome, And Iron Golems
If you love building and big cats then you're going to love Minecraft's 1.2 update. The update brings new creatures like ocelots to the game, as well as a jungle biome, iron golems, and more. Check out the Minecraft 1.2 trailer below, and hit the break for the full list of features that are available in the tremendously creative game now. ...
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Minecraft Legos Announced, Coming This Summer
It might seem kind of redundant, but Lego Minecraft exists... the set is coming out this summer, but you can pre-order your Lego Minecraft set now for $34.99. The sets contain mini-figs of a creeper, Steve, a bunch of brick-types, mining equipment and more! A total of four modules exist, giving you hidden resources, extra pieces for wood,...
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Minecraft Not Pegged For A PS Vita Release, Mojang Confirms
It seems that Minecraft's continued forward march onto gaming platforms of all shapes and sizes will stop short with the coming Xbox Live Arcade release that should be arriving later this year. Mojang's Daniel Kaplan confirmed in a webchat interview (via Eurogamer) that the publisher has "no plans" to bring Minecraft to the...
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Minecraft Is Now Home To World Of Warcraft's Kalimdor In Today's Nugget From The Net
Take note, Internet: there's really no such thing as "too many" Minecraft re-creations. If you've taken a geek-friendly franchise and built some aspect of it in Minecraft's awesomely blocky world, it behooves you to share it with us all so that we can geek out together. Today's object of Minecraft geekery? The World of Warcraft...
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Minecraft Adds Ocelots, Smarter Skeletons
Indie game company Mojang just revealed some amazing new content that will be coming to everyone's favorite game, Minecraft. The company is adding ocelots. The exotic jungle cat comes in three varieties. Also: Kittens! The other big addition to the game: Better AI for skeletons. Now, the skeletons will act with a little self-awareness. They'll...
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Indie Games: Offspring Fling, Moon Breakers & More Review
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Minecraft Xbox 360 Multiplayer Trailer
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Feedback Weighs In On Used Games
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XBLA Games Preview: Bloodforge, Minecraft, and Counter-Strike
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The MMO Report: Thursday, January 19th
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