Mojang Hires New Vice President
Mojang, the company behind Minecraft have brought in a new vice president, Jonas Martensson who had previously been head of an online gambling company. CEO Carl Manneh has commented; "A few months back I had a casual conversation in the office kitchen talking about the insane amount of things going on at…
Minecraft Blamed For School Violence Case
We’ve all seen the stories claiming violence is being caused by such games as Grand Theft Auto v and Call of Duty but now the seemingly innocent Minecraft is being blamed. A nine-year old boy took multiple weapons into his Florida school. The boy held: "…an unloaded handgun, a magazine…
Ordnance Survey Has Recreated All of Great Britain in Minecraft
Ordnance Survey, which is the national mapping agency for Great Britain and one of the largest producers of maps in the world, has decided to recreate mainland Great Britain Minecraft. In an interview with Gamasutra, Gemma Nelson revealed that the Ordnance Survey Labs team has been "exploring the possibilities of new ideas…
TU12 Patch Reaches ‘Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition’
Microsoft's certification process was completed yesterday, as the Title Update 12 for Minecraft: Xbox 360 edition was finally allowed to go up onto XBOX LIVE. 4J Studios confirmed this via Twitter stating that the patch is now slowing coming online, region by region. The update had been sent for certification…
Latest Advert for Xbox One Displays Game Line-Up
Microsoft has just today revealed their newest trailer for Xbox One which claims, "The Best Games Are on Xbox One" The description of the trailer states, "With blockbuster exclusives, brand new franchises and game that will have exclusive or early access downloadable content, the best games are on Xbox One."…
Minecraft on Xbox Live sells more than 8 Million Copies
Mojang's Minecraft has now reached more than 8 million combined sales on the Xbox 360 and has now been top of the UK charts for three weeks running. The only other games to have achieved the same this year are The Last of Us, Dead Island: Riptide and BioShock Infinite.…
Minecraft 360 Getting Walking Dead Skins
In what seems like a match made in heaven, the survival-horror aspect of Minecraft just got a little more post-outbreak.Telltale has released new screenshots of the Walking Dead skin pack for Minecraft: Xbox 360 edition. So far given the title of Skin Pack 5, the pack will feature 7 new…
Minecraft coming to Xbox One.
Minecraft will be coming to Xbox One, featuring bigger worlds. Microsoft have stated that they will continue their commitment to Indie developers.
Bioshock Infinite’s Columbia & Bioshock’s Rapture In Minecraft
In preparation for our upcoming Bioshock Infinite event, we thought we'd get everyone in the mood with a look at all things Bioshock. What better way to do that by combining it with another of our great loves, Minecraft. Minecraft is a great tool for the more creative gamers out…
Retail Version of Xbox Minecraft Delayed
In an article by Gamestop UK, The very popular sandbox game Minecraft will have its retail version of the game delayed until June 4th in the US. It was previously stated that the retail version of the game would be available as of April 30th. However in a tweet by…
Mojang announce Minecraft 2.0
Mojang have just announced the immenant arrival of Minecraft 2.0. Hopefully it is scheduled to be released within the next two months after spending the past two years in development, and is set to "bring block simulation games to the next level." The new game is set to completely overhaul…
Minecraft Xbox 360 update 9 trailer is live
Grab your Diamond Swords and your best armour - the End in Minecraft is getting ever nearer. The Minecraft Xbox 360 trailer is now live, and the update itself is almost through bug fixing. The trailer focuses on finding and slaying the Enderdragon, but there are a whole bunch of…
Minecraft Redstone Update Pre-Release
You may have heard some details about the upcoming Redstone update for Minecraft already, but in case you haven't then you had better keep on reading. This new update enables exciting additions such as the Redstone Comparator and Redstone Blocks, making your constructions just that little bit more awesome. Minecraft…
Mojang reveal Minecraft’s sale figures for 2012
Who would have thought that a simple crafting and survival game would have been this popular? The hit game Minecraft has hit 15 million sales in 2012, with 1.2 million of those being in the gift-giving Christmas week alone. The sales for 24th December to the 30th December alone were…
Man Attempting to Recreate Earth in Minecraft to a 1:1500 scale
A possibly insane (we have yet to clarify) player of Minecraft has decided that he will rebuild the world in a 1:1500 scale in Minecraft. The Minecraft use "Lentebriesje" has set up a specific set of forums to manage various sections of the planet and is using a tool calls…
Best Xbox 360 Games of 2012
This year has had its share of ups and downs, with some greats and some not so great games. Take a look at our Best Xbox 360 Games of 2012 - the first in a series of "Best of 2012..." articles on VGU! In no particular order we have: The baby…