Roblox hits 100 million monthly playersOn the wings of several promotions as of late, the Roblox Corporation announced that Roblox has reached 100 million monthly active users, which means it's ahead of Mojang's Minecraft, which averages around 90 million users per month.AUGUST 3
Minecraft Java improves Villager memoryMojang and Microsoft have updated Minecraft: Java Edition to version 1.14.4, which fixes some leftover issues from the earlier update and endows Villagers with better memory and pathfinding, larger inventory, and overall better performance.JULY 23
Playing Minecraft can help with creativityEven though psychology is pretty clear on the importance of games to just about every aspect of human development, adding the 'video' moniker tends to skew those opinions to some radical ends. Well, no more, as Iowa State University proved.JULY 12
Minecraft hits 1.36bn mod downloads in ChinaMinecraft has recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and even though it's racking up milestones like crazy, all of them seem to pale in comparison to the results of NetEase's Minecraft in China, which reached 1.36 billion mod downloads.JUNE 1
Minecraft has sold 176m copies thus farMinecraft's recent anniversary has already given us Minecraft World and a bunch of other information, but among them is a particularly notable one of 176 million sold copies, which puts the game and developer in some exclusive company.MAY 20
Minecraft hits 200 million users in ChinaNetEase have posted results for the first quarter of 2019 and the company's launch of Minecraft in China is turning into a proper success story, as the game's headcount increased to 200 million players, a worthy achievement indeed.MAY 16
Why not play Minecraft from your browser?In celebration of the upcoming anniversary of one of the most popular games on the planet, Minecraft, Mojang decided to make the game's legacy version from 2009 playable through browsers, together with all the original quirks and bugs.MAY 8
Notch won't be part of Minecraft anniversaryMicrosoft have officially confirmed that Minecraft creator Notch will not be a part of Minecraft's 10-year anniversary event plans because of his controversial comments and opinions, which do not reflect those of Microsoft or Mojang.Semir OmerovicAPRIL 29
Minecraft: Story Mode available on NetflixTelltale Games' point and click substitution for Minecraft's singleplayer dubbed Minecraft: Story Mode, has officially launched on Netflix as a streaming title, and while the company may not be around to cut the tape, their legacy remains.NOVEMBER 29
Minecraft will make two libraries open sourceMojang have announced that they'll be making two of Minecraft's libraries open source soon, which means they're free for anyone to improve, mess around with or use in their own projects free of charge, with proper attribution of course.OCTOBER 11
Minecraft: Story Mode Complete on SwitchMinecraft: Story Mode Complete is now out for the Nintendo Switch. The package includes all eight episodes from the first season of Minecraft: Story Mode bundled together. The Complete Adventure features an all-star voice acting cast.SEPTEMBER 24
Episode two of Minecraft: Story ModeEpisode two of Minecraft: Story Mode's second season is now available for download on all platforms. There will be five episodes in total for this latest batch of content and it includes Telltale Games' Crowd Play muliplayer feature.AUGUST 5
Microsoft and Nintendo fire shots at SonyMicrosoft and Nintendo's PR machines haven't wasted any time capitalising on the entire ruckus raised over Sony's insistence on selective crossplay for Fortnite, with the new Minecraft trailer milking the controversy for all its worth.JUNE 22
Mojang's card game is now free to playMojang's online multiplayer fantasy card game is changing its name and going free to play. The game released back in 2013 but it is now changing the name, being called Caller's Bane instead as the developer announced on Wednesday.JUNE 21
Minecraft Bedrock Edition revealed for Nintendo SwitchMinecraft Bedrock Edition also known as cross platform Minecraft appears to be undergoing the finishing touches for Nintendo Switch version and Microsoft has decided to show almost two hours of footage.FEBRUARY 20
'Jailhouse Block' out nowJailhouse Block - Minecraft: Story Mode - season two episode three is available now. The story continues in The Sunshine Institute. Full German, Spanish, and French voice acting is now available.SEPTEMBER 19
Minecraft: Story Mode episode twoMinecraft: Story Mode episode two will soon be available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android-based devices. The second episode will build on Jesse's story. There will be five episodes total.AUGUST 11
Minecraft: Story Mode - season two announcedTelltale and Mojang revealed that the second season of Minecraft: Story Mode will be available across all platforms on 11 July. The story will follow Jesse after she gets her hand stuck in some kind of an ancient gauntlet. Telltale's "Crowd Play" feature will also be available.JULY 7
MinecraftMojang released their latest Minecraft snapshot - the snapshot 17W13A. The changes it brings include some feathery friends and a new robot butler.MARCH 30
New mini-game: GlideA race track for experiencing the elytra full on - Glide will be available for consoles tomorrow. In the form of a free mini-game, Glide will feature a race track full of obstacles and "power-ups" with a time counter and a leaderborad.MARCH 27
Bug fixes and fireworksBug fixes and fireworks. Mojang have announced the first snapshot for Minecraft 1.11.1. - snapshot 16w50aFEBRUARY 9