Minecraft is the winner of the Still Playing Award at the Golden Joystick Awards 2024
Nov. 21, 2024Another award for Steve’s bulging trophy cabinet
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It’s fair to say that Minecraft has become a global phenomenon and cultural touchstone in the checks notes15 yearssince it first became available in 2009, becomingthe first video game to sell over 300 million copies. Unless you’ve been living in a cave for all of that time, then it’s likely that you’ll already be familiar with this building sandbox and what it’s capable of.
The world of Minecraft is still evolving after all of this time, with the announcement in the last couple of months that the developers arecompletely revamping how they do updates, eschewing the previous infrequent major patches packed with fresh content for more regular free update “game drops” to add new features as and when they’re ready.
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