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‘Minecraft Earth’ will shut down on June 30th
A little over a year after bringing Minecraft Earth in the US, Microsoft announced this week it will shut down the game later this year.
Minecraft with ray tracing is out for all Windows 10 players
To be able to experience what ray tracing adds to the game, you’ll need to run it on a PC with one of NVIDIA’s GPUs that’s capable of ray tracing.
Star Wars skins, planets and sounds are live in 'Minecraft'
Live out your Jedi dreams in Minecraft.
'Minecraft' characters come to 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate' on October 13th
'Minecraft' characters Steve and Alex are coming to 'Super Smash Bros. Melee' on October 13th, complete with crafting and mining.
The next 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate' fighter is Steve from 'Minecraft'
You can find out all about his fighting style in a second stream on Saturday.
'Minecraft Dungeons' on xCloud has been optimized for touchscreens
Microsoft’s long-awaited xCloud game-streaming service officially launches tomorrow with more than 150 games.
'Minecraft' PSVR support is coming this month
The free update isn't quite ready, so there's no firm release date yet.
'Minecraft: Education Edition' is available on Chromebooks
Minecraft: Education Edition is finally making its way to the most popular school computing platform in the US.
You can play 'Doom' inside 'Minecraft' using a virtual PC
You can play 'Doom' inside 'Minecraft' thanks to a virtual Windows 95 PC.
Microsoft migrates ‘Minecraft’ from Amazon Web Services to its own Azure
After depending on AWS for years, Mojang plans to migrate Minecraft to Azure later by the end of the 2020.
Xbox Family Settings app sets limits on your kids' game time
Microsoft has released an Xbox Family Settings app in preview to help parents track and limit their kids' gaming.
Microsoft and Mojang Studios have sold 200 million copies of ‘Minecraft’
200 million copies of Minecraft have been sold on Xbox, PC and Mac. It's the best-selling game of all time.
‘Minecraft Earth’ players can share their builds with just a web link
Microsoft is making it easier to share Minecraft Earth builds with just a link.
‘Minecraft Earth’ adds seasonal challenges for its AR builders
Minecraft Earth, Microsoft’s blocky answer to Pokémon Go, continues to evolve despite still being in Early Access mode. The latest update adds three important new features to challenge players and make it easier to keep track of past feats.
'Minecraft' looks like a whole new game with NVIDIA's RTX ray tracing
Minecraft gets the full ray tracing treatment with the new NVIDIA RTX beta. This is what the future of games looks like.
Riot buys the makers of a combat-heavy 'Minecraft' clone
League of Legends and Valorant developer Riot Games just shared its next big bet. On Thursday, the company said it had acquired Hypixel Studios, the creator of an upcoming role-playing game called Hytale. The company says Hypixel will retain its current structure, with plans to open a new office in Northern Ireland that will host additional back-office and quality assurance staff.
Minecraft's ray-tracing beta arrives on PC this week
Minecraft will still retain its blocky aesthetic, but it’ll look breathtaking as it does.
'Minecraft Dungeons' is the reason 'Minecraft' has evil villagers
In many ways, Minecraft Dungeons is the natural evolution of the Minecraft franchise.
'Minecraft Dungeons' is delayed until May 26th
Minecraft Dungeons is on the way to consoles and PC, albeit a bit later than expected. Mojang says the Minecraft dungeon-crawler spin-off will drop May 26th on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation 4 and, as revealed during last week's surprise Direct, Nintendo Switch.
'Minecraft' takes students on a free tour of the ISS
To help students who are stuck at home keep on learning, there's a new glut of free educational material available in Minecraft. Mojang has added an Education category to the Marketplace, which includes a bunch of lessons from Minecraft: Education Edition.