Starbound, developed by Chucklefish, has been generating a lot of buzz because it plays similarly to Minecraft and Terraria — but in space! The story begins with players escaping their planet just as it’s destroyed by an unknown enemy force. You float through space with no guidance before making contact with an abandoned space station. [...]

It’s not often we get to write an article about a game reaching five million copies sold — let alone a downloadable game on XBLA — but that’s exactly the milestone that the enormous-engine-that-did reached today. That’s right, Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan has tweeted that Minecraft has sold five million copies on XBLA. That incredible milestone comes [...]

Remember when you were playing Call of Duty with your buddies, just having a good time, when a high-pitched voice suddenly blares through the headset going on about how many kills they have?  Maybe they’re even trash talking and telling you how badly you suck. Right in the middle of a match you hear them [...]

Fresh off of Indie Game: The Movie hitting Netflix instant streaming, PBS has released a seven and a half minute video on Youtube covering indie game development as part of their Off Book series. It covers the benefits and downsides of being completely independent versus having corporate funding from big companies like Sony and Microsoft. [...]

It only took Minecraft an hour to become profitable, but this addicting title isn’t losing much momentum as sales continue to shine three months into its life. Daniel Kaplan of Mojang announced through twitter that the Xbox Live Arcade version of Minecraft has surpassed 3.6 Million, making it not only the most successful selling game [...]

With honest sandboxes like Minecraft, its best to hang out with people who already played the game to give points and tips. Technique, shortcuts, and best practices are shared over XBLA like lice at a hat swap. In case you find yourself falling behind on the XBLA sensation, below are some quick tips on how [...]

In about a month, the 360′s incarnation of Minecraft has already sold two million units. Given its incredible popularity on the PC, it isn’t entirely surprising, but it does show that the Minecraft train isn’t slowing down even with a $20 premium price point on the 360.

Last week, we reported that Minecraft (in the first week of release) was the third most played Xbox Live game. The game is showing no signs of slowing down in its second week, becoming the second most played Live game while edging out Call of Duty: Black Ops. While it has yet to top Modern [...]

Last week, we published an article about Minecraft being the fastest selling Xbox Live Arcade title ever. Considering the monster sales, we knew this game would be big, but who would have guessed this big? According to Major Nelson, Minecraft was the third most played game on Xbox Live the past week. To put that [...]

Released yesterday, Minecraft is the fastest selling XBLA game ever. According to Major Nelson, it has sold nearly half a million copies in a mere 24 hours. Might be a good time to consider investing into Mojang. Featuring Kinect Support and cross-platform play with PC, the 4J Studios developed game has been heralded as being a [...]