Tag: Minecraft

Minecraft hits 200 million lifetime sales

This week, Minecraft hit 200 million sales of the game in the 11 years it has been out. It was introduced back in 2009. Microsoft has said that 126 million people play Minecraft every month and in the last month, there has been a 25 percent increase in new players, which can be attributed to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic currently. Microsoft acquired the developer of Minecraft, Mojang back in 2014 […]

Minecraft on PS4 now supports cross-platform play

From today, Minecraft gamers on PlayStation will finally be able to play with other people who use other devices, such as Xbox One, PCs and Nintendo Switch. Mojan has updated the PS4 version of the game to support cross-platform gameplay, Minecraft on PS4 is now on the Bedrock version. If you want to use cross-platform play with someone, everyone involved will need to have at least version 1.14 for it […]

Minecraft now has 112 million players – a month

Minecraft is a huge platform and whilst it has been around for over 10 years now (it was introduced back in May 2009) it has become a massive game, and since Mojang launched the game, Microsoft has acquired Mojang and the overall game has changed quite a bit too. In an interview from Helen Chiang from Microsoft with Business Insider she explained that the game now has 112 million active […]

Minecraft will be on Oculus Rift VR headset next week

If you’re a fan of Minecraft and happen to own a Oculus Rift VR headset, then you’ll be happy to know that th two are coming together next week according to Tommasi Checchi, a developer at Mojang. Ever since Microsoft acquired Mojang it has been trying to revamp Minecraft, not only in some of the game elements but in how the game is distributed. Windows 10 beta One of these […]

Minecraft 1.8.5 released, fixes bugs and security issues

On Friday, Mojang released another patch for Minecraft which fixes some security issues as well as numerous bugs. The last patch was released in April, which fixed an issue which allowed users to remotely crash servers. The latest version, 1.8.5 fixes a few security issues that have been reported as well as a handful of bug fixes. Issues with beacon effects and an improved server validation for movement packets. Minecraft […]