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Minecraft

Sandbox video game franchise and platform

minecraft.net

Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden
Founded year: 2009
Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 200–1,800
Industry: Online Services

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Latest news about Minecraft

In short: Minecraft expanded its franchise with the announcement of a movie sequel and the September 29 release of Minecraft Dungeons II.

Company announcements

July 10 Minecraft

Minecraft announces winner of Movie Build Challenge

The Lightning Rod Lighthouse by Francisco C.M. wins grand prize, and all finalists' builds will appear in the movie.

June 9 Minecraft

Minecraft coming to Nintendo Switch 2 with Vibrant Visuals

The native version is optimized for the console's hardware and includes the Vibrant Visuals graphics update, with an updated Super Mario Mash-Up pack.

June 7 Minecraft

Minecraft announces Minecraft Dungeons II release date of September 29

The game features new biomes, mobs, and co-op. Pre-order includes exclusive skins and items.

June 4 Minecraft

Minecraft Java Edition 26.2 introduces Chaos Cubed update

New mob Sulfur Cube, Sulfur Caves biome, blocks, music, Friends List, and Vulkan support.

Media coverage

July 31 MSN

Java Edition 'Minecraft' system requirements significantly raised / Memory from 2GB to 8GB, graphics card must support 'Vulkan 1.3'

Mojang, a subsidiary of US Microsoft, announced on July 21 that it would raise the minimum and recommended system requirements for Java Edition 'Minecraft'. The new requirements have been applied from the same day. It has been over 17 years since the Java Edition 'Minecraft' was released, and during that time the world has continued to expand, and improvements in functionality and technology have been made. However, the previous system requirements were based on old hardware and old graphics technology, and did not represent the specifications needed to run 'Minecraft' comfortably today...

July 30 Shacknews

Xbox to invest in Minecraft 'more than ever before'

In a memo to employees, CEO Asha Sharma also outlined an ambition for 'double-digit' growth in players and 'industry leading ...

July 20 MSN

Critical vulnerability in Minecraft: Hackers can take over your computer without you clicking anything

The vulnerability is in the Minecraft Bedrock Dedicated Server, the server software that families and communities run themselves to play together, and it got the 14...

July 18 Hindustan Times

Is Minecraft down? Thousands report issues with ‘authentication server’ amid widespread outages | Hindustan Times

Minecraft is down for thousands according to Down Detector. Users are reporting getting an error message saying, “authentication server not reachable...

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