Minecraft (Xbox One) News Articles
Saturday18th Sep 2021
News Xbox ANZ Shows Off 'NAIDOC Artwork Wrapped Xbox Series X'
The prize for this year's Indigital Minecraft Education challenge
Xbox is known for releasing all sorts of "limited-edition" controller and console designs, and the latest one comes from the land down under, Australia. It's a special "NAIDOC artwork wrapped Xbox Series X" and controller done by Gubbi Gubbi artist Maggie-Jean Douglas, which was this...
Monday12th Jul 2021
News Microsoft Working To Fix Minecraft In South Korea After It Becomes Inaccessible For Under 19s
"We're working on a longer term solution"
An unusual problem occurred with Minecraft last week in South Korea. Players were unable to jump into the game unless they were at least 19 years old, having been informed they would need Xbox Live accounts to continue playing it. The original report comes from The Korea Herald, which revealed the change...
Tuesday22nd Jun 2021
News Minecraft Just Dropped The Best Looking 3D Sonic Game In Years
Gotta go fast!
It was teased earlier this month that Sonic was getting the Minecraft treatment, and now it's randomly dropped today. Spoiler alert: It looks so good! The Sonic the Hedgehog pack is available in the Minecraft store for 1340 credits. More than just a simple reskin, the DLC includes challenges, new zones, and the ability to utilise...
Tuesday1st Jun 2021
News Part One Of Minecraft's Caves & Cliffs Update Is Out Next Week On Xbox
New creatures, blocks and more...
In April, the team at Mojang made the tough decision to break its anticipated Caves & Cliffs update for Minecraft into two parts to ensure it lived up to expectations. For anyone who has been wondering how development is going, Mojang has now announced the first part will arrive next week across all platforms -...
Saturday29th May 2021
News Sega Teases Sonic The Hedgehog X Minecraft Collab
So fast, you might have missed it!
Minecraft is teaming up with Sega's blue blur Sonic the Hedgehog for a special 30th-anniversary collaboration. Yes, in case you missed it - during a segment of Sonic Central, Sega teased a number of smaller announcements. One of them was an incredibly brief shot of a Sonic build inside
Thursday15th Apr 2021
News Mojang Will Split Minecraft's Next Big Update Into Two Parts
"This was not an easy decision"
Last year, at Minecraft Live, Mojang lifted the lid on its absolutely massive Caves & Cliffs update for its sandbox game. It's considered by the team to be one of the "most ambitious" updates for Minecraft ever, but unfortunately, due to how big it is, and the current state of the world, the team has found it's...
Friday22nd Jan 2021
News Minecraft Fans Really Want To See An Xbox Series X Version
"Why isn’t upgrading this game a priority?"
The Xbox Series X has been treated to quite a lot of Xbox One upgrades since its release this past November, but one of the major Xbox owned titles that hasn't been upgraded yet is Minecraft. There's been no word from Mojang Studios on an upgrade for the game (or Minecraft Dungeons) so far, and fans are...
Wednesday2nd Sep 2020
News Don't Expect 'New' Next-Gen Xbox News At The Tokyo Game Show
Hmm, interesting...
As already announced, Microsoft Japan will be hosting a 50-minute Xbox Showcase at the Tokyo Game Show later this month on 24th September. The broadcast will be in Japanese only. While we were admittedly hoping for some new announcements related to the company's next-generation system, Xbox Series X, it seems there won't be any...
Sunday24th May 2020
News Pac-Man Teams Up With Minecraft To Celebrate His 40th Anniversary
Waka-waka!
This week, Pac-Man celebrates his 40th anniversary. Yep, he's been around for 40 long years now gobbling up high-scores in arcades all around the world. As part of the celebrations, Bandai Namco has teamed up with the gang at Mojang to release a special themed DLC in Minecraft. This new pack, available now in the Marketplace for 1340...
Monday18th May 2020
News 126 Million People Are Now Playing Minecraft Every Month
Are you one of them?
Mojang Studios' Helen Chiang has put out a new article over at Xbox Wire celebrating Minecraft's 11th anniversary, revealing that the game is connecting more players than ever before. Specifically, over 200 million copies of Minecraft have been sold to date, and 126 million people are playing it every month. Chiang also...
Friday10th Apr 2020
News Mojang Reminds Us It's Not Interested In Developing A Sequel To Minecraft
Would rather explore "other genres" within the same universe
How do you create a follow-up to Minecraft when it's already seemingly limitless? According to its developer Mojang, you simply don't. While the Swedish company has listed various reasons in the past as to why it probably won't have a crack at a sequel, the same topic resurfaced during a...
Monday16th Mar 2020
News See Footage Of Gears 5 And Minecraft Running On Xbox Series X
Includes a Ray Tracing demo
As part of the Xbox Series X reveal we've been treated to so far today, we've heard various bits of information about updated Gears 5 and Minecraft versions. And now, you can see them in action for yourself in footage provided by YouTube channel This Is at the top of the page. We previously heard about an updated Gears 5...
Friday19th Sep 2014
News Spencer: Microsoft's Buyout of Mojang Won't Affect YouTubers
Build 'em high!
Xbox head honcho Phil Spencer has laid to rest concerns that Microsoft's acquisition of Minecraft developer Mojang will affect people who publish YouTube videos of the game for fun or profit. The concerns quickly came to light once the deal announcement was made, with prominent YouTubers making it clear that they were concerned that...
