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Minecraft

Platforms

Android
iOS
Nintendo Switch
PC
PS4
PS5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S

Initial release Nov. 18, 2011

Developers

Microsoft Studios

Genres

Action Adventure
Simulation

Publishers

Mojang

Franchise Minecraft

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Minecraft Spotlight

Review | Minecraft Review

Built to rule.
After ditching PSVR support, Minecraft is officially abandoning PC VR next year

Ender an era.
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Our pick of the games on Sony's indie powerhouse handheld.
Feature | I became a medieval poet on a fantasy Minecraft server

Going in for the quill.

Minecraft Feed

A stock image of a colourful fireworks display. Reds and blues and golds and myriad other popping rockets fill the sky. It's very bright.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Fireworks

Bangers.

Nov. 7, 2024 Robert Purchese

Minecraft promotional art showing Steve and other characters running along a narrow stretch of blocky green hillside toward the camera. Mountains, cherry blossoms, caves, water, and other landmarks can be glimpsed as the landscape stretches away beneath them.

News

After ditching PSVR support, Minecraft is officially abandoning PC VR next year

Ender an era.

Oct. 23, 2024 Matt Wales

A Minecraft character holds a bundle item.

News

Four years after PS5's launch, Minecraft finally gets a native version

Unlocks 4K 60fps.

Oct. 23, 2024 Tom Phillips

An image showing an engineer working on a robotic arm while wearing a HoloLens headset. He speaks to a colleague on a hovering video feed as if viewed in augmented reality.

News

Microsoft's HoloLens mixed reality headset officially being discontinued

With no new iterations coming.

Oct. 1, 2024 Matt Wales

Jack Black as Steve in A Minecraft Movie

News

First Minecraft movie clip shows off how crafting works, and how it doesn't

Me, myself, and mine.

Sept. 28, 2024 Vikki Blake

An illustration showing the tip of a quill releasing a torrent of black ink on a white background below it.

Feature

I became a medieval poet on a fantasy Minecraft server

Going in for the quill.

Sept. 21, 2024 Emma Kent

Minecraft promotional art showing Steve and other characters running along a narrow stretch of blocky green hillside toward the camera. Mountains, cherry blossoms, caves, water, and other landmarks can be glimpsed as the landscape stretches away beneath them.

News

Minecraft Live digital showcase returns later this month with "news about our games" and more

Ender the year treat.

Sept. 19, 2024 Matt Wales

A shot from the Minecraft Live trailer showing iconic protagonist Steve surrounded by three blocky friends in front of some cherry blossoms.

News

Minecraft is ditching PSVR support next year

Goggleblocks.

Sept. 18, 2024 Matt Wales

Reforj image showing a character soaring through the sky

News

Minecraft console studio making new creative survival sandbox game

Known as Reforj.

Sept. 17, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

Minecraft promotional art showing Steve and other characters running along a narrow stretch of blocky green hillside toward the camera. Mountains, cherry blossoms, caves, water, and other landmarks can be glimpsed as the landscape stretches away beneath them.

News

Minecraft ditching single summer update for more regular releases, mob votes being retired

Plus Minecraft Live going twice-yearly.

Sept. 9, 2024 Matt Wales

Jason Momoa as Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison in the Minecraft movie. He is wearing a pink blazer and holding a blue cube in his hand. He is with three others, as they stand on the ramparts of a blocky castle-like structure. A cuboid landscape is shown in the distance.

News

Minecraft movie trailer gives first look at block stars Jason Momoa and Jack Black in action

Let your square down.

Sept. 4, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

Minecraft's loading screen tribute to Technoblade.

News

Jack Black Minecraft movie images leak, days after Tenacious D controversy

Video Games.

July 19, 2024 Tom Phillips

Minecraft

News

Minecraft for PS5 is finally here

Creeper hit.

June 21, 2024 Vikki Blake

Minecraft Dungeons artwork

News

Microsoft will soon add AI Copilot to Minecraft offering real-time advice

"Say hello to the future."

May 21, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

Collage of characters including Greek gods from Fortnite

News

46% of players use gaming for self-expression and creativity, report suggests

Why Minecraft, Fortnite, and Roblox remain popular.

May 21, 2024 Ed Nightingale

A photograph of a rusted hatchet axe buried in a tree stump. In the background are piles of chopped wood. Someone has been busy.

Feature

Chopping Zzzs | V Rising makes me wonder: is it time to rethink the survival crafting template?

Gear snore.

May 10, 2024 Robert Purchese

Video

How many of these forgotten Fallout crossovers do you remember?

The Uncommonwealth.

May 6, 2024 Ian Higton

A photo of an old wooden bucket resting on top of an old well.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Buckets

A receptacle list.

April 17, 2024 Robert Purchese

Emma's Minecraft character stands at the beginning of a dramatic bridge leading to a gated land.

Feature

Supporters | Game of the Week: Minecraft and pain-free construction

If you build it...

April 5, 2024 Christian Donlan

Fortnite lead character, LEGO character, pink bear with a guitar, and a rocket car emerge from a swirling coloured vortex

News

Older games like Fortnite account for over 60% of playtime, new report suggests

Live service games reign supreme.

April 3, 2024 Ed Nightingale

A shot from the Minecraft Live trailer showing iconic protagonist Steve surrounded by three blocky friends in front of some cherry blossoms.

News

PSA: Don't download Minecraft's latest Xbox PC app update or you could lose your worlds

Bricking it.

March 15, 2024 Matt Wales

Minecraft Marketplace promo image of various Minecraft animals and creatures looking at different DLCs

News

Minecraft introduces new season pass for in-game Marketplace

When the brick hits the fan.

March 15, 2024 Liv Ngan

A shot from the Minecraft Live trailer showing iconic protagonist Steve surrounded by three blocky friends in front of some cherry blossoms.

News

Minecraft movie adds Jennifer Coolidge to its star-studded cast

Joining Jason Momoa and Jack Black.

Jan. 17, 2024 Matt Wales

A screenshot from Minecraft's Star Wars: Path of the Jedi DLC showing a Minecraft version of Ewan McGregor's Obi-Wan Kenobi.

News

Everything announced in Minecraft Live, from Star Wars DLC to mob vote winner

As game surpasses 300m copies sold.

Oct. 15, 2023 Matt Wales

A shot from the Minecraft Live trailer showing iconic protagonist Steve surrounded by three blocky friends in front of some cherry blossoms.

News

295k Minecraft fans criticise lack of new content in Stop the Mob Vote petition

Ahead of this weekend's Minecraft Live.

Oct. 10, 2023 Matt Wales

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Games from the Minecraft franchise