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Minecraft documentary airing on Xbox Live Marketplace on 22nd December

Posted: 18.12.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Major Nelson has announced that the Minecraft documentary, titled Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, will exclusively premiere on Xbox Live Marketplace for Gold subscribers in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Belgium, Portugal, Austria, France, Finland and Sweden.

Minecraft franchise hits 17.5M total sales

Posted: 13.12.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Mojang has announced that with the 5M unit sales of Minecraft - The Pocket Edition for iOS devices, the franchise has achieved over 17.5M unit sales. This includes the original Minecraft on PC and the Xbox Live Arcade release of the game.

Minecraft has now sold 8 million PC copies, Notch teases cryptic string

Posted: 12.11.2012 by Technet2k

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Mojang has announced that Minecraft for PC has now sold more than 8 million copies, with Jens Bergensten admitting he can't "think of anything clever to say." Notch however has a string for us.

This cryptic string of letters and numbers means something, or maybe nothing. No doubt fans will tear it apart and find the hidden secret within. Until then keep on crafting those mines.

Schaefer wants 'Minecraft-like' creation for Torchlight II Poll

Posted: 24.10.2012 by Technet2k

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Max Schaefer of Runic Games says he hopes to bless action-RPG Torchlight II with a set of creation tools not dissimilar from Mojang's Minecraft. He'd love the "building and resource aspects" to translate.

It would make the ARPG experience more than "just wandering from one monster to the next" and smacking them on the head. Schaefer wants a greater sense of permanence.

1.4.1 Minecraft update makes wet wolves less scary

Posted: 24.10.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Mojang has released the fix list for the upcoming 1.4.1 update for the PC version of Minecraft, and apparently, the wolves are too scary and there's too many bats.