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 ...

Adding to the partnership, Mojang is now offering newly upgraded Windows 10 users who also happen to be Minecraft players, a free Windows 10 Edition of Minecraft. The announcement of the free offering ...

After shelling out $6.99, Minecraft installs without a hiccup on more than one device if they are all on the same Microsoft account. The game runs smoothly and menus and navigation are fast. The ...

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 ...

TL;DR: A major Microsoft Azure outage has disrupted Minecraft, leaving players unable to login, and hit Xbox as well as Microsoft 365 services. Microsoft is actively investigating these issues and ...