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Minecraft creator launches Drop typing game

, Apr 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

Minecraft creator Markus Persson has just launched a new free game called Drop, which tests gamers' typing skills as they type in the corresponding blinking letters that appear on the screen. However, typing in a wrong letter will speed up the game, and going too slow will result in the game being over, so be sure to hone in on your typing skills before getting in on this game. Read The Full Story

Minecraft Creator Markus “Notch” Persson ranks #2 in TIME 100 poll

, Apr 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

Markus "Notch" Persson, the creator of Minecraft, has claimed the #2 position in Time Magazine's "2013 Time 100 Poll". The ranking is based on how influential a person is, making Notch the 2nd most influential person in the world. He garnered 156,694 votes from Time Magazine voters, falling short about 16.5 thousand votes below Mohamed Morsi, the president of Egypt. Notch did, however, manage to beat out Kim Dotcom for 2nd place by nearly 40,000 votes. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: April 5, 2013

, Apr 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Friday evening everyone. First up, it seems HTC will be releasing a variation of the HTC First without Facebook Home, and we've a piece on whether you should wait for this handset. Speaking of HTC, it is also rolling out the HTC One Live Experience tour in the US. T-Mobile's iPhone 5 is now up for pre-order (and an update is rolling out), and the iPad's prices have been slashed, hinting that a new model could be on the way. Read The Full Story

Minecraft for PC surpasses 10m in sales

, Apr 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

Back in January, Minecraft developer Mojang announced that total sales for Minecraft reached 15 million. However, we never got to see a breakdown of sales for each platform. Today, however, it's been revealed that the PC version alone has now reached 10 million in sales, and the developer even teased a new feature coming to a future update. Read The Full Story

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition coming to retail stores April 30 for $19.99

, Mar 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Minecraft has already been available on the Xbox 360 for quite some time now through the Xbox Live Arcade. It's also quite popular on Microsoft's platform, racking up five million downloads in 2012. Because of the game's popularity, Microsoft has announced that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will be available at retail stores starting April 30 for $19.99. Read The Full Story

Minecraft 1.5 Redstone to be released in a couple of weeks

, Feb 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

Minecraft developer, Jens Bergensten, has just tweeted that the next update for Minecraft, Minecraft 1.5 Redstone, will be released in a couple of weeks. The update will be a major update that brings various optimizations to the game, as well as some great added features. Development for the update began around late November 2012 right after its announcement at MineCon 2012. Read The Full Story

Minecraft now available for free on Raspberry Pi

, Feb 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

Minecraft has been a big hit lately. The pixelated sandbox game has seen millions of downloads on multiple platforms, and today the game is seeing its release on the infamous Raspberry Pi hobbyist board. What's perhaps even better, is that the game will be free to all Raspberry Pi users, which will save you a couple of bucks if you planned to buy it on another platform. Read The Full Story

Call of Duty unsurprising tops Xbox Live activity list for 2012

, Jan 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Many gamers played a bunch of different games on Xbox Live throughout 2012, but there are a handful of titles that obviously rise above the rest in terms of activity. Today Microsoft's Major Nelson released a list of the top 20 Xbox Live titles of 2012, and we're seeing some entries that are predictable and others that are somewhat surprising. Care to guess which game landed at the top of the list? Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 11, 2013

, Jan 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

Well folks, after a long week, we're back from CES 2013. We covered a lot of stuff during our time there, and while you can find all of our coverage by navigating to our CES portal, we've also put together a few wrap-ups that bring together the most impressive of what we saw. First up for the day was our PC and Windows 8 wrap-up, which was shortly followed by our Android CES wrap-up, and then finally our gaming wrap-up. Considering the massive amount of news that came out of CES, you might be thinking that the number of wrap-ups seems a little low. You'd be right - we've got more wrap-ups coming this weekend, so sit back and watch as we recap all of the biggest stories to hit during the show. Read The Full Story

Minecraft sales top 15 million in 2012

, Jan 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

We already knew that sales for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition came in over the 5 million mark for 2012, but today we're getting a broader picture of the sales the franchise managed last year. Mojang has shared a list of Christmas Day stats for all versions of Minecraft, and in doing so, the company has also revealed how many sales each version brought in throughout 2012. Needless to say, the numbers for each impress, while the final tally for the franchise in general is pretty staggering. Read The Full Story

Minecraft XBLA sales reach 5 million in 2012

, Jan 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Minecraft has undoubtedly taken the gaming world by storm -- it's unique gameplay elements have made it a popular choice among casual gamers all around the world. It turns out that as of December 31, 2012, Minecraft sales in the Xbox Live Arcade store alone reached 5 million during 2012, according to the game's developer for Xbox 360. Read The Full Story

Borderlands 2 declared Raptr’s most played new game of the year

, Dec 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Borderlands 2 was undoubtedly one of the biggest games of the year, and now game tracking service Raptr is giving it all sorts of year-end awards. According to Raptr, Borderlands 2 was the Most Played New Game of the Year among its tracked players, which isn't surprising considering it's such a blast to play with friends. Borderlands 2 also took home Raptr's "No Bathroom Break" and "Most Played Long-Awaited Sequel." Read The Full Story
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