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Microsoft announced today that Minecraft: Education Edition will be available for purchase on November 1. This public release follows a months-long early access program during which 35,000 students and educators tested the product.
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The Xbox One S bundles just keep on coming: Today, Microsoft announced he Xbox One S Minecraft Favorites Bundle, which combines a 500 GB version of the console with a digital copy of Minecraft: Xbox One Edition and some interesting Minecraft goodies.
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The creator of ‘Myst’ tells us why he thinks we don’t see games like ‘Myst’ that much anymore. Continue reading ‘Obduction’ Successfully Recaptures What We Loved About ‘Myst’
Minecraft in VR does a few things every developer should copy. Continue reading ‘Minecraft’ VR Is the Best Game on the Oculus Rift, But That’s Not Saying Much
You could make a case that Minecraft is the professional network of 10-year olds, but you’d have to work pretty hard at it. That’s not what Satya Nadella means when he uses Minecraft as an example of why LInkedIn was a great acquisition target for Microsoft, speaking to Bloomberg today in an interview reflecting on Microsoft as a company advancing in years. Here’s the key… Read More Continue reading Why Microsoft’s Satya Nadella equates LinkedIn with Minecraft
One year ago today, Microsoft released Minecraft on Windows 10. Since then, the game has had 12,000 code check-ins, 6000 bugs squashed, 15 major updates and “oodles” of new features, the firm reports.
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In a clever bit of miniaturization, [JediJeremy] has nearly completed a gyro-mouse controller for a Raspberry Pi Zero! Ultimately this will be a wearable Linux-watch but along the way he had some fun with the interface.
Using the MPU6040 gyroscope/accelerometer card from a quadcopter, [JediJeremy] spent a week writing the driver to allow it to function as a mouse. Strapping an Adafruit 1.5″ PAL/NSTC LCD screen and its driver board to the Zero with rubber bands makes this one of the smallest functional computer and screen combos we’ve seen. Simply tilt the whole thing about to direct the cursor.
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Kids love Minecraft, and a clever educator can leverage that love to teach some very practical skills. The summer class offered by the Children’s Museum in Bozeman Montana would have blown my mind if such a thing existed when we were younger. (Rather than begging one of the dads in my Boy Scout Troop to pirate Visual Studio for me, which was delivered in the form of an alarmingly tall stack of CDs.) The kids in Bozeman get to learn hardware, software, their integration, and all while playing Minecraft.
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Nearly two years after it was acquired by Microsoft, Minecraft sales have soared past the 100 million mark, with the game now selling at a pace of 53,000 units per year this year. Started as an indie game project, Minecraft is now one of the most succe… Continue reading Minecraft Sales Hit 100 Million Units
Getting hacked is bad enough. Not telling your users is unforgivable.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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