Microsoft has purchased Mojang, maker of the massively popular game Minecraft, for $2.5 billion. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of analysts ...

In Minecraft, Microsoft is taking control of a game that has become a cultural phenomenon. Markus Persson, though, is bidding adieu. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian Sherr ...

Microsoft said it reached an agreement to acquire Mojang AB, the Swedish game developer behind the blockbuster “Minecraft” franchise, in a deal worth $2.5 billion. With the Microsoft acquisition, ...

In Minecraft's survival mode, there are a handful of ways in which players can fly. They can either use elytra or ride a happy ghast to fly around. However, when players are in creative mode, they ...

Minecraft was getting too big. That’s the underlying reason the game’s creator, Markus “Notch” Persson, decided it was time to sell Mojang, the parent company of the popular open-world game, to ...

There's many great Minecraft mods out there, but this latest one might be the pinnacle. Finally, after over a decade, Minecraft has peaked with a mod that lets us play Minecraft on a PC - in Minecraft ...

Minecraft worlds are infinitely big, but if you're playing the vanilla game, they only support a small number of players. Imagine, though, if there was no limit. Imagine if, once you'd finished your ...