Just before going to bed Sunday night, I downloaded a sandbox adventure game called Minecraft. An hour-and-a-half later, I was rubbing sleep-deprived eyes, desperately digging a moat around a ...

This video takes a nostalgic look back at Minecraft’s early days, recreating the feeling and style of gameplay from 2010. It features classic builds, old textures, and simple survival moments that ...

There's an argument, and one that Persson himself has used, that this was largely a fluke. It could have been any game - his blocky game just happened to achieve the right momentum at at the right ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. As the year wraps up, so does everyone's take on what they think are the best games of 2010. We've seen Spike TV's Video Game Awards nominees. And you ...

Minecraft, the popular sandbox game, has at long last gone into beta after spending more than eighteen months in public alpha. Along with the development transition comes a price jump to €14.95, or ...

Like a zombie shambling into the light, it seemed to come out of nowhere. Then, before you knew it, it was the game everyone was talking about. “Have you played Minecraft?” people would ask. And then ...