The next console generation should reflect a change in developer relations

In the upcoming console wave, the flexibility of each platform may be equally or more important than hardware power.

Indie darling Minecraft “incompatible” with Steam digital distribution service

Indie darling game Minecraft, which has more than 10 million users, is “incompatible” with wildly popular game digital distribution service Steam because game’s secondary market for virtual goods and maps wouldn’t be supported, Minecraft designer Markus Persson said on his …

Apple’s OS X Lion won’t run indie darling Minecraft

Gamers upgrading to Apple’s next Mac operating system, OS X Lion, won’t be able to play indie sandbox game Minecraft right away.

Apple’s latest operating system does not include Java, which is required to play the game. When I tried …

Indie darling sandbox game Minecraft passes 10M users

Minecraft, an independently-developed sandbox building game, has passed 10 million registered users, according to the game’s creator, Markus Persson, also known as “Notch.”

That puts the game, which costs around $18 and is currently still in beta, in rare company …