Danny Sullivan

After Two Days, Minecraft Is Topping Grossing App In iTunes

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Still don’t know Minecraft? Well, if you use iTunes, the block-building virtual world game is giving you a wake-up call. The game is now the top grossing app on iTunes and settling between the top third and fourth paid app overall. Minecraft Pocket Edition was released on November 17 and formally announced yesterday at MineCon, […]

Move Over Angry Birds, It’s The Minecraft Coming Out Party

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Angry Birds? That’s so 2010. The hot game you might not have heard of yet, but chances are your kids know, is Minecraft. And 5,000 Minecrafters have descended upon Las Vegas for MineCon, the first-ever event for Minecraft. During today’s keynote, Markus Persson — Notch — the creator of Minecraft officially took Minecraft out of beta status. […]

Xbox 360 Backward Compatibility – Not!

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I’ve been waiting for an Xbox 360 for more than half a year now. One of the big pluses was the backwards compatibility with my existing Xbox games. That was in all the gaming magazines that I buy occasionally. The reality is much different. Only 13 percent of my games are compatible, which makes a […]