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Daily iPhone App: Junk Jack builds something special

by Mike Schramm (May 3rd, 2012)

I have flown over 6,000 miles in the last two days -- on Monday, I left Prague to fly back to London, and then yesterday, I jumped on a plane to come back home to Los Angeles. And through it all, Junk Jack was there for me. The game has been out for a while now, and you might have passed over ...

DeepWorld is a 2D Minecraft-alike coming to Mac and iOS

by Mike Schramm (Mar 11th, 2012)

If you threw a bunch of gaming catchwords in a hat and then pulled them out one by one and put them in order, you might have an approximate description for the upcoming Deepworld. It's a 2D, steampunk, post-apocalyptic sandbox MMO, with Minecraft-style creation, and block graphics that open up to ...

SpellTower, Chickon, Superman and lots of other iOS releases today

by Mike Schramm (Nov 17th, 2011)

Believe it or not, we are getting into the start of the holiday season, and that means tons of action on the App Store as people head over to buy apps for their new devices. There are a bunch of exciting new apps to check out today, so here's a quick list: Hothead Games (makers of Kard ...

Minecraft: Pocket Edition out on iOS today

by Mike Schramm (Nov 16th, 2011)

The Pocket Edition of Minecraft, released a little while ago exclusively on Android, has been spotted on the New Zealand App Store today, which means the title will work its way around the world and arrive on the App Store in North America this evening. The full PC version of Minecraft (which ...

Minecraft Pocket Edition headed to iOS later this year

by Chris Rawson (Sep 27th, 2011)

We've been waiting awhile for an official Minecraft client for iOS, and it looks like we'll have to wait a bit longer. According to Pocket Gamer, Minecraft - Pocket Edition will debut for Android devices on September 29, but Minecraft developer Mojang has offered only a vague "before the end of ...

Minecraft iOS debut set for after Sony Xperia launch

by Michael Grothaus (May 26th, 2011)

Back in February we told you that the popular Mojang sandbox game Minecraft would be making its official debut on iOS later this year (there had previously been an unofficial Minecraft for iOS). While it's still on schedule to debut for iOS in 2011, today Gamasutra broke the news that Minecraft ...

Official Minecraft app, Final Fantasy 3 coming to iPhone and iPad

by Mike Schramm (Feb 21st, 2011)

Two pieces of good news for iOS gamers. First up, we've seen an unofficial Minecraft app appear (and disappear) on the App Store before, but it looks like an official client is coming. Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson says that an official iOS client for the popular sandbox game will be out ...

Fifth Ave. Apple Store recreated in Minecraft

by Mike Schramm (Nov 22nd, 2010)

The Minecraft Mac was cute and all, but if you think that was the pinnacle of Mac-related creations in Minecraft, you're underestimating our readership. Reader Simon sent along this set of Flickr pictures, which shows off an entire recreation of the Fifth Avenue Apple Store, complete with glass ...

Flickr Find: Say hello to the Mac-in-craft

by Mike Schramm (Nov 22nd, 2010)

You can make a lot of things in the gigantic sandbox game Minecraft, including a gigantic floating Macintosh computer. Flickr user Caius Durling put together this floating replica on his own Minecraft world, assembled pixelbrick by pixelbrick, along with a floating "Hi" to match. It's pretty ...

iPhone Minecraft client posted, pulled

by Mike Schramm (Nov 16th, 2010)

If you keep a close eye on the App Store (or have a quick RSS feed following it), you might have noticed an app called Minecrafted up there on Monday morning. It's a Minecraft client for iOS, a version of the extremely popular indie game that can be run on an iPhone, and connect up to real ...

Apple quietly deprecates OS X's factory-fitted Java

by Richard Gaywood (Oct 21st, 2010)

In an announcement on developer.apple.com, Apple states that "As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, the version of Java that is ported by Apple, and that ships with Mac OS X, is deprecated." It now seems likely that OS X 10.7 will not have a Java install built into the OS, although ...