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Mojang AB | Released Nov 6, 2011

Minecraft is a first-person fighter/sandbox construction game created by Mojang AB.

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Minecraft Snapshot 13w25a

Jun 18, 2013 9 comments

Snapshot 13w24b needed some revisions, so let's hear it for Snapshot 13w25a! This quick-fix Snapshot is chock-full of awesome fixes, so let's not waste...

Minecraft Snapshot 13w24a

Jun 14, 2013 7 comments

Time for this week's Snapshot, 13w24a! Comprised mainly of bugfixes, there are a few goodies - or, in the case of textures, laying the foundation for...

Minecraft Snapshot 13w23a

Jun 8, 2013 7 comments

It's Friday, which means it's time for a weekly Snapshot! They are usually on Thursday, you say? Maybe it IS Thursday, and we have gone back in time...

Minecraft Snapshot 13w22a

May 31, 2013 7 comments

Are you ready for some bugfixes? There is a whole plethora of them! Poring over many of the bugs introduced in recent Snapshots, Mojang has been hammering...

Minecraft Snapshot 13w21a

May 24, 2013 7 comments

It's time for another exciting Snapshot! The Mojang crew was hanging in Monaco last week, but rest assured, this week's Snapshot is nothing shy of sweet...

Minecraft Snapshot 13w19a

May 11, 2013 4 comments

It's Snapshot time! Builders in particular will be happy with this Snapshot, in addition to anyone who felt that the donkeys should've been useful for...

Minecraft Snapshot 13w18a

May 3, 2013 2 comments

Another Thursday, another Snapshot. We’ve still been focusing on the launcher some more this week, but we had time to address a few things for 13w18a:

The new Minecraft Launcher! What does it mean for Minecraft?

Apr 30, 2013 10 comments

Mojang has been hard at work developing a new launcher for Minecraft, one that promises to improve the overall experience of Minecraft in a number of...

Cubic Chunks

Apr 28, 2013 26 comments

"Cubic Chunks: Infinite height, Elimination of X-ray, and more".

Minecraft 1.5.2 Pre-release as well as a snapshot!

Apr 25, 2013 10 comments

You heard right, it's a double-feature today! The 1.5.2 Pre-Release, as well as the 13w17a Snapshot are now available for testing! So how does this work?...

Snapshot 13w16a!

Apr 19, 2013 10 comments

Snapshot 13w16a! Added horses to the game as well as new features!

MINECRAFT SURPASSES 10 MILLION SALES, 1.6 FEATURE SPOILER ALERT

Apr 6, 2013 11 comments

That's right, the PC version of Minecraft has surpassed 10 million sales! Minecraft as a game continues to have a phenomenal level of success, with humble...

MINECRAFT 2.0 IS FINALLY COMING! (April Fools)

Apr 1, 2013 19 comments

I don't know about you guys, but I've been ready for a change in Minecraft for a long, long time. So, it is with great pleasure that I reveal to you the...

What is Minecraft Realms anyway?

Mar 20, 2013 15 comments

A select group of players now have access to the Minecraft Realms limited alpha test. Minecraft Realms is a service designed to let players play on a...

Minecraft 1.5.1 Pre-release

Mar 19, 2013 1 comment

We finally managed to locate and fix the reported performance issues of 1.5, so now it should be at least similar to the performance of 1.4.7. We also...

Minecraft Snapshot 13w11a

Mar 14, 2013 1 comment

1.5 is barely out of the oven and we already have a new snapshot ready? This is not a 1.6 snapshot, but rather a 1.5.1 bugfix snapshot… We hope to be...

Watch Minecraft develop over 800 days. It’s pretty

Mar 14, 2013 2 comments

Who’d have thought the development of Minecraft could make such a colourful, lively worm-thing?

1.5 REDSTONE UPDATE RELEASED!

Mar 14, 2013 7 comments

The moment we've all been waiting for is finally here - the 1.5 Redstone Update is now live! Now, I know you want to jump into this massively awesome...

Thanks to you, Mojam 2013 raised $517,489

Mar 13, 2013 4 comments

A few weeks ago, Mojam 2013 happened; Mojang and a few other indie devs worked on new projects over three days. We live-streamed the whole thing, then...

Minecraft Redstone Update Pre-release

Mar 10, 2013 10 comments

It’s finally time to release the Minecraft Redstone Update pre-release!

Community news guidelines

Mar 8, 2013 11 comments

These are guidelines for the Minecraft Community, in the absence of admins

So long, and thanks for all the cake

Feb 27, 2013 45 comments

Hello ModDB readers. This will be our last "official" news post. The profile will not be updated from here-on-out by admins

Mojam is over! Donate, download, and play! (+Other Mojam News)

Feb 24, 2013 0 comments

Mojam has officially come to an end! That means everyone who’s donated gets to play the games we’ve created over the past four days.

Minecraft Papercraft Studio now available for iOS!

Feb 24, 2013 2 comments

There’s nothing quite like a piece of real-life papercraft to show off your love for a video game. Now, thanks to Minecraft Papercraft Studio, you can...

Minecraft Snapshot 13w07a

Feb 23, 2013 2 comments

It’s Monday again, and you know what that means; it’s time to buy a new calendar!

Watch the indie talks from MINECON! Learn stuff!

Feb 23, 2013 0 comments

Minecon 2012 wasn’t just about Minecraft, Scrolls and Cobalt. We were also lucky enough to have a bunch of indie developers attend, along with C418 –...

Minecraft: Pi Edition is available for download!

Feb 11, 2013 2 comments

You might remember us mentioning Minecraft: Pi Edition a few months ago. It’s a free version of Minecraft that will run on the Raspberry Pi – a credit...