NEW YORK -- Microsoft will acquire the maker of the popular game Minecraft for $2.5 billion. The technology company said it will buy Stockholm-based game maker Mojang. Minecraft, which lets users ...

Minecraft 2 is in development…sort of. Markus “Notch” Persson, the original creator of Minecraft, is planning to create a spiritual successor to the popular video game. He polled users on X about the ...

Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson has announced that he wants to make another game, and it looks like it'll be a spiritual sequel to the biggest sandbox game in the world. Persson asked his ...

Microsoft is a truly massive company, whose acquisition of several notable developers over the last couple of years has expanded the scope of its impact on the larger gaming industry. Some of their ...

There seems to be nothing Minecraft players can't or won't build in the game. Case in point, Microsoft has now constructed its own corporate headquarters inside the game it bought for $2.5 billion in ...

Throw a pickaxe in Hollywood today, and you could easily hit a dozen video game adaptations in the works as TV series and movies. They’re all vying for the same things — critical acclaim, big bucks at ...

The execs at Microsoft, Warner Bros. and Legendary can now breathe a collective sigh of relief as “A Minecraft Movie” proves to be a certified hit after its second big weekend at the box office.