Anniversary Minecraft celebrates its 15th birthday with discounts, in-game surprises and daily rewards
August 17, 2023 Monopoly Money The biggest gaming acquisitions of all time From Activision Blizzard and Zynga to Bethesda and Playdemic
July 17, 2023 Paid Games' Performance Google Play or App Store? June data shows stark contrast in platform popularity of paid games Curated Data.ai stats reveal the most downloaded paid games and top revenue generators per platform
July 21, 2022 Breaking The Blockchain Minecraft bans NFTs Concerns regarding inclusivity were key in the decision
May 18, 2022 Party Like It’s 2009-2011 Minecraft is Angry Bird’s latest official collaboration DLC created by Oreville Studios
April 4, 2022 The Most Searched Minecraft, Free Fire and Genshin Impact are the most searched for mobile games, says Mozillion 18 games reached one million or more average monthly searches from January 2021 to 2022
November 4, 2021 Outage Outcomes Users flocked to Among Us and Minecraft during Roblox Outage Among Us saw sharp rise in downloads during the outage
July 7, 2021 Let Them Mine Minecraft becomes adults-only in South Korea Restrictions will see those under 19 unable to access the game
June 30, 2021 Earth Is Closed Mojang confirms Minecraft Earth is officially shutting down today Half a million in player spending
June 23, 2021 Big The Cat Missing Mojang and Sega partner to bring Sonic the Hedgehog to Minecraft Two-week Sonic-themed event
January 5, 2021 Farewell Minecraft Earth set to shutdown in June 2021 The AR title launched in October 2019
December 9, 2020 Building Up Minecraft racks up the most views of any game on YouTube in 2020 It had 201 billion views
November 23, 2020 Banned Mojang is letting moderators dish out bans in Minecraft Firm wants to "provide a positive and enjoyable environment" in its games
October 23, 2020 Moving On Minecraft players will need a Microsoft account from 2021 To increase account security
October 1, 2020 Attack The Block Microsoft and Nintendo team up to bring Minecraft to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Minecraft Steve, Alex, Zombie and Enderman all join the fight
July 21, 2020 Moving On Mojang is moving Minecraft to Microsoft's Azure servers Title previously posted on Amazon's platform
May 20, 2020 Diamonds Galore Minecraft exceeds 200 million copies sold worldwide Mojang's sandbox builder giant averages 126 million monthly users
May 18, 2020 Rebranded Minecraft's creator rebrands itself as Mojang Studios It's unveiled a new logo to go with the new name
February 4, 2020 Infectious Plague Inc. overtakes Minecraft as top paid app in the US due to coronavirus association Minecraft lead chart for the majority of 2019
December 6, 2019 Most Viewed Minecraft gets most views on YouTube during 2019 It had 100 billion views
November 22, 2019 Going Global Following US early access, Minecraft Earth hits 2.5 million downloads 1.4 million installs since arrival in the US on November 12th
November 11, 2019 Block By Block Minecraft nearing 300 million registered users in China NetEase publishes the title
September 16, 2019 Blockbuster Numbers Minecraft surpasses 112 million players each month Over 176 million physical copies have been sold around the world
August 23, 2019 Closed Beta Minecraft Earth beta is coming to Android devices next week Players must be 18 years old with a device running Android 7 or above
August 13, 2019 Cancelled Content Mojang cans Minecraft Super Duper Graphics Pack The project was announced at E3 2017
June 3, 2019 Minecraft Ar Minecraft Earth takes centre stage at Apple’s WWDC Upcoming augmented reality game used to show off ARKit 3 capabilities
June 3, 2019 Fin Minecraft: Story Mode goes dark on June 25th Story Mode joins the Telltale catalogue in being pulled from store shelves
May 20, 2019 Build Me Up Minecraft builds to 176 million copies sold worldwide Estimated to be the second highest selling game of all time
May 17, 2019 Steve Go AR game Minecraft Earth arrives on mobile this summer Players can sign up to a closed beta now
May 17, 2019 10 Years Of Minecraft Minecraft was the only top 250 grossing premium mobile game in 2018, showing it’s still going strong 10 years later A look at the history and continued success of the blockbuster game
May 8, 2019 Pokemon Go Competitor? Microsoft digs up Minecraft AR teaser for mobile More information will be revealed on May 17th
February 15, 2019 Diamonds Are Forever Minecraft has its best year ever on mobile earning $110 million Good news for Steve
October 2, 2018 Craft Fortnite isn't top dog yet - Minecraft is now pushing 90 million monthly active users The second-highest selling game of all time found an extra 20 million monthly users in 2018
September 25, 2018 Tales To Tell Netflix evaluates options for Stranger Things game while Minecraft: Story Mode moves forward amid Telltale closure The streaming service confirmed the news in a written statement
August 6, 2018 Blocked Minecraft movie faces delays as director Rob McElhenney exits project Film faces major rebuilding efforts and is certain to miss its planned May 2019 release
June 22, 2018 Beef Nintendo and Microsoft dunk Sony on Twitter over Minecraft cross-play Sony’s cross-play policy has been under public scrutiny since Fortnite launched on Switch
June 14, 2018 Stranger Definitions Netflix not getting into games despite commissioning Minecraft interactive TV show and Stranger Things games How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?
May 23, 2018 Crafty Minecraft builds up 100 million players in China since launching last year The popular builder originally came to China in August
January 25, 2018 More Minecraft Minecraft cleared 144 million copies sold and 74 million MAUs in December 2017 Unclear how many sales come from mobile
December 1, 2017 Shooting Blanks? It’s got millions of downloads but what is NetEase's plan to monetise its PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds clones? First move advantage on hold
November 16, 2017 Netease Financials Q3 Fy17 NetEase's launch of Minecraft in China draws in 30 million new users Onmyoji revenues sliding in China
September 6, 2017 Marketplace Millions Minecraft Marketplace creators have generated over $1 million in revenue since June 2017 Microsoft still looking to expand its creator roster
June 12, 2017 Minecraft Everywhere Minecraft adds cross-platform play between mobile, PC and consoles DLC will also transfer between consoles
April 11, 2017 Minecraft Marketplace Minecraft introduces IAPs to pay content creators in new marketplace Community members can now make cash from their creations
February 28, 2017 Mine All Mine Minecraft surpasses 122 million sales across all platforms But how many on mobile?
January 9, 2017 Two Days At The Top Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location knocks Minecraft off the top of US App Store charts Please don't make me look at the screenshots anymore
September 27, 2016 The Race Is On Western devs must get better at F2P before Chinese giants steal their players, says NetEase's Tom van Dam Great game design can't overcome F2P naivety
June 2, 2016 Mobile > Pc And Console Mobile is the most popular platform for worldwide Minecraft players Big lead in APAC, Middle East and Africa, noses in front in North America and Europe