A few years back Microsoft introduced a marketplace into Minecraft: a place where content creators could share their creations and also share a cut with the game's publisher. Although plenty of free Minecraft creations still exist in the fr...

If you include its alpha period, Minecraft turns 10 years old this year. I know! For some that's a long time; but for others, it feels like it's always been there. For years the folks at Mojang have been slowly building on the original conc...

It’s time once again for your bi-weekly fix of peaceful video game landscapes. That’s right, Digital Tourist is back, and this time we’re walking like an Egyptian in Assassin’s Creed Origins.

In the past decade or so (counting pre-release) I haven't stopped playing Minecraft. Alongside of World of Warcraft it's become one of those games I just wander into at pretty much any point in my life, and projects like Greenfield are the ...

Digital Tourist is back once again to let you virtually globetrot across the worlds of video games. This week we’re diving into the squared-off landscapes of Minecraft.

So the Minecraft RTX NVIDIA and Mojang/Microsoft project is now in beta, which brings ray tracing into the fold. In case you missed it, Microsoft canceled the high-quality texture pack for Minecraft for technical reasons, which wa...

When I think of Minecraft, its music comes to mind just as readily as its blocky world and characters. The game wouldn't be what it is without C418's soothing soundtrack backing you up while you carve through caverns or peacefully stroll in...

Minecraft Dungeons, Mojang's co-op dungeon-crawler Minecraft spin-off game, won't launch in April 2020 as expected (and I'm sure you can guess why). The game's new release date for Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch is May 26,...

In a cruel Monkey's Paw twist of fate, Commander Shepard and company have finally made their way to the Nintendo Switch. However, it's not in the long-requested remaster of the original Mass Effect trilogy. It's in a Minecra...

For a second, I didn't believe that the below video really was a Minecraft creation, but it all becomes clear. So here's the thing: it looks like they're just showing footage of Metroid Fusion. But at 0:30, the camera pulls back and yo...

[Update: The Minecraft School of Witchcraft and Wizardry map can be downloaded here for free.] Harry Potter fans have banded together to build not just a recreation of Hogwarts in Minecraft, but a multifaceted map with spellcasting, Quiddit...

It's taken some time, but the PS4 port of globally-popular build-'em-up Minecraft will be updated to the "Bedrock Edition" tomorrow, finally allowing the same cross-play features that the Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and mobile editions have b...

When it comes to Minecraft, the 2010s are leaving the exact same way they entered: With Mojang's sandbox builder as hot as blocky lava. Time has not yet begun to carve away at the phenomenon of Minecraft. YouTube has just released a year i...

It's hard to say what the gaming landscape would look like today if Infiniminer never existed. The game, developed by Zach Barth, presented players with a randomly generated world filled with voxel blocks they were supposed to break fo...

Where have all the AR games gone? Oh, they're either region exclusive, in development, or named Pokemon Go. While I'm still waiting for the localization of Yo-Kai Watch Go and Dragon Quest Go (which is evidently doing very well in...

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...