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News Minecraft Support Officially Axed on PS3, PS Vita

Chip off the old block

Minecraft’s final update – which includes support for the Nightmare Before Christmas mash-up pack – has been released on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita, effectively ending support for those versions of the game. Joining the ageing Sony systems are the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii U, which have also been binned by developer...

• Thu 20th Dec 2018
• Mojang
• PS3
• Vita
• Minecraft

News Star Wars Brings the Force to Minecraft: PlayStation Edition

The empire strikes block

Sony's billing the PlayStation 4 as the system for Star Wars, so it would be a bit embarrassing if it didn't get Luke Skywalker and crew into the PlayStation versions of Minecraft. Fortunately, through a collaboration with "Disney Interactive, LucasFilm, and Microsoft" – seriously, this is written on the PlayStation Blog...

• Sat 29th Aug 2015
• Mojang
• PS4
• PS3
• Vita
• Minecraft

News Woohoo! The Simpsons are Bringing a Lot of Yellow to Minecraft on PS4, PS3, Vita

Mmmm, pixelated blocks

Fans of The Simpsons may well be drooling like a starved Homer right about now, with the announcement that Minecraft's getting a rather large set of character skins based on the animated comedy. The DLC pack will be bringing its yellowy charm to PlayStation platforms this week, and it'll set you back £3.29. While the show...

• Mon 27th Apr 2015
• Mojang
• PS4
• PS3
• Vita
• DLC

News Minecraft Enters Orbit with Mass Effect DLC This Week

Block to the future

Minecraft's getting two new DLC packs this week on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita. Alongside the not-that-interesting Pattern Texture Pack, which applies soft colours and knitted animals to your blocky world, you'll also be able to jet into space with the Mass Effect Mash-Up Pack. As its name suggests, this will coat the...

• Tue 24th Mar 2015
• Mojang
• PS4
• PS3
• Vita
• DLC

News Minecraft's Taking a Seasonal Holiday to Skyrim In the Near Future

DLC pack is soaring onto Sony platforms

Ah, Skyrim. A setting full of glorious natural beauty, strange beasts, hardy people, plenty of mead, and more technical bugs than you can imagine. It's a virtual world that we're sure many readers will remember with fondness, but how would you like to explore those cold Northern reaches all over again on...

• Wed 12th Nov 2014
• Mojang
• PS4
• PS3
• Vita
• Minecraft

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...

• Tue 22nd Jul 2014
• SEGA
• Minecraft
• Weirdness
• Culture

News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 14 Tops, Minecraft PS3 Digs Deep

Brickin' it

The release of Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition at retail outlets last week means that Mojang’s mega creation is likely to occupy two slots in the top ten moving forwards, as Sony’s version tussles with Microsoft’s for sales superiority. The blockbusters finished third and fourth respectively this time around, with PlayStation 4...

• Mon 19th May 2014
• UK
• Sales
• Charts
• PS4
• PS3

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...

• Mon 5th May 2014
• Mojang
• 4J Studios
• PS4
• PS3
• Vita

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

• Thu 17th Apr 2014
• Mojang
• 4J Studios
• PS4
• PS3
• Vita

News Sony Digs Deep with Physical Release of Minecraft: PS3 Edition

Money, money, money

Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson’s bank balance may already be fit to burst, but the Swedish programmer’s about to receive another injection of cash courtesy of the impending physical release of the construction simulation’s PlayStation 3 Edition. Set to tunnel into stores on 14th May in Europe and 16th May in...

• Wed 16th Apr 2014
• Sony
• PS3
• Minecraft