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Monday15th Sep 2014
News Minecraft Will Continue to Exist on PlayStation Platforms Despite Big Microsoft Buyout
Redmond firm confirms $2.5 billion acquisition
The console war is about to get really weird, as Xbox chief Phil Spencer has pledged that Minecraft will continue to exist on PlayStation platforms – despite Microsoft purchasing maker Mojang for $2.5 billion today. “Gaming is the top activity across devices,” he
Wednesday10th Sep 2014
Rumour Minecraft Maker May Be Purchased by Microsoft for $2 Billion
Good job they finished the PS4 version
Minecraft has already proven that it’s a pixelated license to print money, and Microsoft apparently wants the lucrative brand under its umbrella. A report on the Wall Street Journal states that the Redmond-based firm is in talks to purchase Mojang, the organisation behind the bricklaying game. According to...
Thursday4th Sep 2014
News Minecraft is Finally Out on PS4, and You can Get It Cheap if You Own the PS3 Edition
Hallelujah
Well, the ordeal is finally over — Minecraft PlayStation 4 Edition is available right now on the European PlayStation Store, while it's promised for release on the North American store at some point today. As you may already know, yesterday's store update's apparent lack of Mojang's title had many in an uproar after it was all but...
Wednesday3rd Sep 2014
News Minecraft Finally Builds Its Way onto European PS4s Later Today
Can you dig it
Rejoice, European block lovers, for today is finally the day that Minecraft digs its way onto the PlayStation 4. The title — barring another last minute delay — should emerge on the PlayStation Store after its usual weekly update. The good news comes via Twitter, where PlayStation France confirmed that develop
Wednesday27th Aug 2014
News Minecraft PS4 Building a Brick Path onto Sony's Freshest Format
Second time lucky
Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition unceremoniously failed certification the first time around, but 4J Studios will be hoping that everything’s alright on the night at its second attempt. The British developer – which has handled all of the popular title’s console ports – announced on Twitter overnight that the game
Wednesday20th Aug 2014
News Minecraft on PS4 Fails Quality Testing, Gets Buried by Sony for a Little While Longer
There and block again
Evergreen sandbox adventure Minecraft was expected to come out this month on the PlayStation 4, but earlier today, the studio in charge of porting the smash hit announced on Twitter that the game had failed quality testing. "Sony found some issues we have to fix in their final test of Minecraft PS4," 4J Studios wrote, before...
Tuesday22nd Jul 2014
Weirdness Bloomin' Heck, Someone Made Shenmue in Minecraft
Search for sailors all over again
It’s funny how you can remember your way around familiar locations even if you haven’t been there for years. We spent so many hours in Shenmue’s eighties recreation of Yokosuka on the Dreamcast that we know every crevice of this incredible Minecraft replica. It’s been built using a modified edition of the PC...
Saturday14th Jun 2014
E3 2014 Minecraft PS4 Trailer Focuses on PlayStation's Famous Faces
Build me up, buttercup
There are more than a few familiar faces in this brand new trailer for Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition. The next-gen blockbuster – which is due out in August – shows Kratos, Ellie, Ratchet, and the Journeyer from, er, Journey buccaneering in Mojang’s blocky world, and uncovering a number of PlayStation themed artifacts...
Thursday22nd May 2014
News Minecraft Will Be Tunnelling onto PS4 and Vita in August
Plus a load of details including cross-buy
Miners rejoice! Minecraft's arrival on the PlayStation 4 and Vita has been given a slightly less vague release date. Mojang has confirmed that the dig-'em-up will be tunnelling onto the two platforms in August, so you've only got a couple of months to wait before you're able to slaughter harmless sheep on...
Saturday17th May 2014
News Minecraft: PS4 Edition Will Let You See Much More Than PS3
Like putting on a pair of glasses
Mojang’s cube cuffing blockbuster Minecraft will boast a greater draw distance on the PlayStation 4, port house 4J Studios has revealed. The next-gen iteration of the outrageously popular indie release will allow you to see much further than its PlayStation 3 counterpart, making various vistas look fuller as a...
Monday5th May 2014
News Minecraft Maker Makes PS4 and Vita Versions a Top Priority
Sweet new textures coming to PS3
We already know that Minecraft’s basic building blocks are in place on the PlayStation 4 and Vita, after port house 4J Studios posted a picture of both versions of the game in action. However, the UK-based outfit – which works in conjunction with creator Mojang to convert the indie smash to consoles – has since...
Thursday24th Apr 2014
News Minecraft Plots a Path to PS4 and Vita within the Next Few Months
Build me up
Minecraft will punch away at the glossy walls of your PlayStation 4 and Vita within the next few months, Mojang has hinted. Writing on the PlayStation Blog, staffer Owen Hill explained that developer 4J Studios is aiming to complete work on the ports in “Q2/Q3” of this yea
Thursday17th Apr 2014
News Minecraft: PS4 Edition Will Also Build a Path to Brick and Mortar Stores
Can you dig it?
Sony clearly understands the importance of Minecraft, as it’s confirmed that the PlayStation 4 and Vita editions of the build-‘em-up will also receive a physical release. Yesterday, the company attached a May deploy date to the boxed version of the popular
Friday11th Apr 2014
News Here's Your Very First Look at Minecraft on the PS4 and Vita
Don't build up your hopes too much
Minecraft port house 4J Studios is known for being a little sneaky with its Twitter account, and the Scotland-based outfit has engaged in a spot of tomfoolery today. Posting about an Xbox Live Arcade sale featuring Perfect Dark – which it also worked on – the company wrote that it now has a “reason” to open...
Monday11th Nov 2013
News What's Happened to the PS4 Version of Minecraft?
Building blocks
Sony announced all the way back at GamesCom that Minecraft would deploy on the PlayStation 4 within the system’s launch window, but that’s looking somewhat unlikely at this point in time. 4J Studios, the British-based developer responsible for porting the release, has
