Minecraft

Epic Games has admitted that Mojang's indie virtual world Minecraft in part inspired Fortnite, the game the company unveiled at the Spike VGA on Saturday. Little was revealed at the award ceremony. The game has two phases - exploring and fort-building during the day, and fending off an advancing horde of undead by night - with Epic's design director Cliff Bleszinski saying the studio had "decided to switch things up a bit and do something different and fun." In a series of tweets since the announcement, lead designer Lee Perry has revealed a few more details. More >

Markus "Notch" Persson, the charismatic head of Minecraft developer Mojang, is no longer lead developer on the game that made him a millionaire, after he passed the reins to Jens Bergensten. Writing on his blog, Persson explains that the move means Bergensten "will have the final say in all design decisions, so he will kinda sorta become my boss, I guess." More >

A trio of Minecraft players have painstakingly recreated the first level of Game Boy platformer Super Mario Land. More >

The trend for pay-what-you-want indie gaming promotions following the Humble Bundle's lead continues with the Indie Game Music Bundle, a collection of indie game soundtracks. On offer are DRM-free soundtracks from ten games including Minecraft, Super Meat Boy, Cobalt, and VVVVVV, with those paying $10 or more getting a further seven, including The Binding Of Isaac. More >

The trio behind YouTube sensation Yogscast have said in a statement that they are "disappointed" by allegations made about their conduct at last weekend's Minecon event by Markus "Notch" Persson, head of Minecraft developer Mojang. Earlier this week Persson said he would not be working again with the Yogscast team, slamming them in a series of tweets for acting "like total spoiled divas nonstop" and concluding: "They're an isolated island of egos." More >

Releases list of grievances against the YouTube gaming video group, calling them "an isolated island of egos" in the Minecraft community. More >

Markus "Notch" Persson, studio head of Minecraft developer Mojang, has said he will no longer deal with the duo behind YouTube sensation Yogscast. Persson was unhappy with the duo swearing during a panel at the Minecon event in Las Vegas given that so many attendees had brought their children to the event, which was held to celebrate Minecraft's stunning success and mark its official release. More >

More than 4,000 people logged into Minecraft every second following the release last Friday of Minecraft 1.0. The figure was revealed during a developer panel at the Minecon event in Las Vegas, held to celebrate the unprecedented success of Mojang's indie sandbox and to mark its official release. More >

Minecraft Pocket Edition will be released for iPhone and iPad tomorrow. News of the App Store release comes just days before the MineCon event in Las Vegas, where the PC version of the game will be officially released. Minecraft finally went gold earlier this week. More >

Mojang's indie sandbox, Minecraft, has finally exited beta and gone gold ahead of its official release this week. Studio head Markus "Notch" Persson revealed the news on Twitter, writing: "So, yes. Minecraft has gone gold." More >

Mojang's indie sandbox, Minecraft, has passed four million sales. The news was revealed in a tweet by studio head Markus "Notch" Persson, and has since been confirmed on the game's official website. More >

Minecraft has won the GameCity Prize 2011, becoming the first-ever recipient of the award at the annual Nottingham festival. Swedish developer Mojang's beloved indie sandbox was given the award - which recognises artistic, rather than financial success - at a ceremony on Saturday. It was selected by a panel including South Bank Centre artistic director Jude Kelly OBE, musician Nitin Sawhney and Labour MP Tom Watson. More >