Microsoft is eyeing Minecraft’s untapped money-making potential, and the model it’s chasing looks a lot like Roblox’s ...

Microsoft expands its vision of using the blocky video game in classrooms with the acquisition of a learning tool called MinecraftEdu. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 ...

A new Bloomberg report reveals that profits from Minecraft were used to fund the rest of Xbox’s gaming business, while ...

Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's always had a connection to the tech world. As an editor at large at CNET, he wrote about Apple, Microsoft, VR, video games and ...

Microsoft reported their Q3 earnings with a few facts about how successful they've been with Minecraft. Minecraft, created by Markus Persson (Notch) was acquired by Microsoft in the year 2014 for ...

New reports say that Microsoft used profits from bestseller Minecraft to help fund the development of other games in the Xbox ...

The long-dreaded time has come and Microsoft has begun to aggressively shift its Xbox plans, instituting heavy cuts across ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. An early access version of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition is coming to ChromeOS. An early access version of Minecraft ...

Microsoft will be shutting down its augmented-reality version of Minecraft, known as Minecraft Earth, beginning in June, 2021, the company said Tuesday. Microsoft blamed the pandemic as a cause, as ...