As Minecraft neared its full release in 2011, it was already clear that things were going well. Developer Markus 'Notch' Persson had many inspirations for the game, but a comparison people naturally ...

Tyler Shipley is an editor for Game Rant who has been writing for the team since 2021. Tyler has a degree in English from the University of Toledo. Some of his favorite games are platformers, but he ...

Joshua grew up in poverty, deep in the Middle of Nowhere, Alabama. Gaming was a rarely afforded escape from reality that persisted throughout his life, something that saw him through good times and ...

Minecraft Legends is an action-strategy game, which yes, is different from an RTS (real-time strategy), though only in a few critical ways. Instead of taking a top-down omnipotent view of the world ...

Minecraft Legends, the latest spinoff of Mojang's crafting masterpiece, is deploying your favorite blocks for battle. Gone are the days of peaceful tree punching and lodge-building. In Legends, you'll ...

2025 has been a big year for Minecraft. Not only did the iconic video game see its biggest graphical overhaul since its launch, but it also got a fully-fledged Hollywood movie release starring Jack ...

Microsoft and Mojang have made a concerted effort to expand the Minecraft IP beyond the original sandbox over the years with spin-offs that take the franchise to new genres. We’ve already seen ...