For the record: yes, you can "beat" Minecraft. Odds are you've heard of the "Ender Dragon." Once you've located a "stronghold" and activated the "End Portal" within, you can access the new zone of"The End," thus kicking off a boss fight wit...

Mojang has released the opening cinematic for its fun-looking dungeon-crawler set in the cubic fantasy world of Minecraft. Minecraft Dungeons, which launches in the second quarter of 2020, will see a party of box-headed heroes band together...

Microsoft figures show crafting adventure Minecraft still continues to pull in millions of new players with each passing year. According to the publisher, some 20 million new players have lifted the pick-axe since October 2018, resulting in...

Minecraft wasn't sold for 2.5 billion dollars for nothing! With the name brand comes phenomenal cosmic power (a timely reference): enough to woo the likes of Disney with the Toy Story Mash-Up pack. Mojang and Microsoft have courted some pre...

Two years after its release, Nintendo's kart racer Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is back at the top of the UK Charts, having overtaken rival title Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled to take the chequered flag for this week, at the very least.The acclaime...

Mojang recently dropped its plans for Minecraft's Super Duper Graphics Pack and summed up the canceled visual update as being "too technically demanding to implement as planned." But in its announcement, the team teased that it wasn't all b...

This one stings a bit, even for people with only a passing interest in Minecraft. Two years after Mojang promised the Super Duper Graphics Pack, the developer has decided to move on, citing feasibility concerns. The eye-catching visual upgr...

One of my absolute favorite parts of Minecraft is the "Mash-Up" system. It's basically just a way to shift the game's existing assets into different themes, but the ability to play a faux Elder Scrolls, Halo, or Mass Effect adventure is a t...

Minecraft Earth is another intriguing AR game that could make waves in the mobile market, similar to what Pokemon Go did a few years back. It has a similar track, as it's going to be free-to-play and will arrive on iOS and Android, but the ...

During Microsoft's E3 press conference, the publisher dropped a brand new trailer for new title Minecraft Dungeons, which appears to be an isometric adventure title that blends the dungeon-crawling fun of games like Diablo with the cubic ae...

Another title from Telltale Games' back catalog will be disappearing this year. Minecraft: Story Mode, the spin-off of Mojang's insanely popular craft-a-thon, will be leaving digital marketplaces on June 25, 2019. All platforms and both sea...

When Microsoft shelled out $2.5 billion to buy Minecraft back in 2014, everyone knew why the price was so steep. Minecraft is one of the most popular video games on the planet, a block-building machine that absolutely prints money...

Today during Minecraft's 10th anniversary, Microsoft unveiled the new "top secret" project: Minecraft Earth. It's that AR (augmented reality) concept we heard about recently, much in the same vein as Pokemon Go, Garfield Go (haha), and what...

It's possible to (officially) play Minecraft Classic for free in your browser like it's 2009 all over again. You won't need to bust out a separate launcher or catch up on in-depth wikis – it's a cinch. In celebration of the game's fas...

I thought I was done with Minecraft for good, but an augmented-reality mobile game could be the precise thing to pull me back in after all these years. Earlier today, Microsoft began teasing Minecraft AR with the promise that more details w...

Speaking with Variety, a Microsoft spokesperson has announced that Minecraft creator Markus Persson - better known by pseudonym "Notch," will not be in attendance at an upcoming event celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the globally popu...

It's no secret now that Nintendo and Microsoft are getting a bit chummy with one another. The two companies have advertised Minecraft together, former Xbox console exclusives have started popping up on Switch, and they never shy away f...

Minecraft is still a phenomenon. It has tens of millions of active players on any given month from all age groups and at this point: a ton of different monetization schemes. Picking it up was one of the smartest moves Microsoft has made in ...

A new update has rolled out for globally-popular crafting title Minecraft that appears to remove multiple references to the game's creator, Markus Persson, mostly known by his handle "Notch".Although Persson's name remains in the Minecraft ...

Minecraft players have gathered to leave tributes at an in-game memorial, built to honour the memory of a friend who recently lost their battle with cancer. Bryan Heffernan - known in-game as "Pendar2" - was the host of the popular Minecraf...

Microsoft has added another heavy hitter to the Xbox Game Pass lineup: Minecraft. Revealed on Inside Xbox, Minecraft will be playable with an Xbox Game Pass subscription starting April 4, 2019. The service costs $10 per month and includes ...

Here at Destructoid, we routinely host contests for various gaming prizes. Things like free copies of upcoming games to plush penises from Devolver Digital: Dtoid has given back to the community in small ways over the years. Those giveaways...

Nintendo may have been the company to end 2018 with a Smashing bang, but last year really belonged to Sony. The PlayStation 4 has given the company its turn-of-the-Millennium confidence back, as has a steady stream of critically acclaimed a...

4J Studios has done a terrific job with supporting Minecraft on legacy consoles. Originally launched in 2013 for PS3/Vita and 2015 for Wii U, the games have continuously been patched with new content and performance fixes to get the most ou...

Microsoft has announced a new costume pack for hugely-successful build 'em up title Minecraft, with aims of raising cash for animal-friendly charity The World Wildlife Fund.The "Paws and Claws" pack will be the first of the WWF-themed chari...