Today's News On Minecraft for Thursday, July 21, 2011

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(7:54:20 AM) Minecraft creator talks Xbox 360 game differences, wants Kinect functionality – When Markus Persson set out to create Minecraft, console play wasn’t really on his mind. The wildly popular and as-yet-unreleased (technically speaking; the beta has been selling for some time now) PC game started life on the Java platform, and would have lived there always had it not been for the widespread embrace among gamers of its world-building ways. Android and iOS versions are already in ... (This story continues here)
(7:15:08 AM) Notch Explains How XP Will Work In Minecraft – Minecraft fans are eagerly awaiting the upcoming Adventure Update and its promise of a more traditional game structure. We’ve known that the update will include some sort of XP system, but a recent interview with the game’s creator reveals some surprising information on how it will function. Speaking with PC Gamer , Markus “Notch” Persson reveals that when a player dies in Minecraft, all of ... (This story continues here)
(7:51:12 AM) 'Minecraft,' 'Minecraft,' and more 'Minecraft': YouTube's most-viewed gaming videos – Clips from Minecraft made up more than half of the top ten gaming videos on YouTube, with League of Legends and Black Ops also featuring in June 7's weekly chart. (This story continues here)
(7:28:16 AM) The Future of Minecraft – With its sales numbers still climbing, Minecraft is set to expand far beyond the confines of its PC home. At E3 2011 Microsoft announced an Xbox 360 version, and earlier this year we learned about in-development iOS and Android versions of Mojang's sandbox construction / survival / farming / player-versus-player / sheep-shearing video game... (This story continues here)
(6:47:16 AM) Minecraft is Now (Unofficially) on DS – PC sandbox title Minecraft is on its way to both Xperia Play and Xbox Live Arcade , but it won't stop there. We've seen modders make the game playable with a Wii Remote , and now modder smealum has taken the entire game and moved it to a Nintendo platform. As the video above demonstrates, a working, but very basic version of Minecraft is up and running on DS. Games can't be saved, and it's the ... (This story continues here)
(8:02:50 AM) 3-D Printing and Minecraft - Together At Last – Longtime readers, and especially followers of my Twitter feed, know that I have a somewhat unhealthy obsession with the sandbox game Minecraft. Additionally, I've provided quite a bit of coverage here at this blog about the promises of 3-D Printing.So imagine my delight to learn that a group at the MIT Media Lab have combined these two great things. They've developed a project called Minecraft ... (This story continues here)
(7:32:24 AM) Notch doles out more details on Minecraft for 360, Kinect functionality – Markus "Notch" Persson is in a bizarre position, especially given his usual openness about his studio's first creation, Minecraft . "There's going to [be] actual marketing for the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft , so I've agreed to be slightly less transparent than usual when it comes to that version," he tells IGN in a recent interview. But don't despair! Notch still offers a handful of new ... (This story continues here)
(7:25:20 AM) Minecraft "Adventure Update" Promises Big Things – Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson may not be revealing all of the nitty-gritty details about the next big patch just yet, but it's clear the so-called "Adventure Update" is shaping up to be a major game changer. With the core elements of the gameplay already locked-down, the Minecraft development team is now focusing on beefing up the content and giving players much more to do in the game ... (This story continues here)
(7:13:59 AM) Terraria Is a Better Game than Minecraft – Terraria is a better game than Minecraft. There's no denying Minecraft's success, or that Notch's creation is a fun, at times magical, playground; a world of LEGO without the risk of stepping on a sharp piece during a middle-of-the-night trip to the bathroom. Notch's success with Minecraft is well-deserved, but Terraria, the 2D, sprite-based game from tiny studio Re-Logic is a much more ... (This story continues here)
(7:28:19 AM) Five great games like Minecraft – Minecraft is a great game, but it’s not for everyone. Whether you just played as much of it as you can stand or you just dislike Minecraft in general but want a game with similar mechanics, you’re in luck. Here are five games like Minecraft that will scratch that same itch without forcing you to [...] (This story continues here)