Saturday Night Lectures Presents Chris van der Kuyl

As part of Dundee University’s ongoing series of Saturday evening lectures, Chris van der Kuyl, the man behind VIS and 4J Studios, will be speaking on the 31st of May at the Dalhousie Building from 18:00-19:30. …

Minecraft On PlayStation 3 Breaks Million Sales Barrier

A new year, a new record for Minecraft.  Gamesindustry reports that the brand new PlayStation 3 version of the game, released just before Christmas 2013 (December 17th to be precise), has already sold over 1 …

Now Recruiting: 4J Studios – Console Programmers

4J Studios, the company behind the multi-million selling, multi-award winning Xbox 360 version of Minecraft is now looking for experienced console programmers to help them shape the future of the insanely popular game across other …

Minecraft Makes IGN’s All Time Top 25 Xbox 360 Games – And The WHOLE UK

Another week, another huge milestone for Minecraft on the Microsoft Xbox 360.  Popular gaming site IGN has put together its favourite 25 games from the eight years the Xbox 360 has been on the market. …

4J Studios Bringing Minecraft To Sony Platforms

There’s been a lot of news coming out of GamesCom in Cologne over the last few days.  One of the announcements which is likely to cause the most excitement is the fact that Minecraft is …

Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition Is Number 1 For Third Week, Sales Hit 8 Million

The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft is doing rather well these days.  In the last two weeks we’ve been able to mention  it sitting at the top of the UK all-format charts, fighting off the …

Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition – Number 1 For 2nd Week…

The Xbox 360 editition of Minecraft has retained the top spot in the UK all-format Top 40 for the second week in a row, fighting off competition from The Last Of Us (#2) and Animal …

Minecraft 360 Achieves First UK Number One

Minecraft’s blocky, retro juggernaut of unstoppable awesome continues to thunder down the tracks of destiny. A rather impressive 74% week-on-week jump in sales has pushed Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition to the number one slot on …

Computer Xplorers – Preparing Children For The Future

The concept of introducing kids to computer skills is something which has been getting a great deal of traction recently.  From the mini game jam and Dare to be Digital LaunchPad or Dare School’s Challenge …

Minecraft Goes Retro. On A Disk, In A Box, On A Shelf, In A Shop…

The phenomenon which is Minecraft has taken the Xbox by storm.  By the end of March 2013, IGN reported that sales had passed 6,000,000 copies.  It’s the fastest selling Xbox Live game of all time, …