Microsoft’s $2.5-billion purchase of “Minecraft” brought the wildly popular block-building and adventure game to new players across multiple platforms. Microsoft expanded the game beyond Xbox, added ...

Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's always had a connection to the tech world. As an editor at large at CNET, he wrote about Apple, Microsoft, VR, video games and ...

Hundreds of LLM-powered AI agents spontaneously made friends, invented jobs, and spread religion. Left to their own devices, an army of AI characters didn’t just survive—they thrived. They developed ...

Decart, an Israeli AI company that emerged from stealth today with $21 million in funding from Sequoia and Oren Zeev, has released what it’s claiming is the first playable “open-world” AI model.

The game was created from clips and keyboard inputs alone, as a demo for real-time interactive video generation. When you walk around in a version of the video game Minecraft from the AI companies ...

Last year, Minecraft players who were fed up with the game's annual mob vote (which lets players pick the next creature added to the game) "unionized," spreading war propaganda-inspired posters on ...

The first trailer for the official Minecraft movie (starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa) sparked a surprisingly negative reaction on social media, with fans baffled by the film’s visuals and tone. The ...

Minecraft has been going for 15 years, and the birthday celebrations are in full swing right now, with giveaways, collaborations, new servers, and more all taking place in the past and coming days.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Despite releasing well over a decade ago, Minecraft is still one of the most popular games on the market in 2024. Whether it's veteran players ...

Jessica Bravura has quietly become a celebrity gamer on YouTube with 21 million subscribers. Bravura, who goes by the username Aphmau, is 34 years old. Here's a look at the rise of her viral Minecraft ...

Speedrunners are using algorithms and canny methods against a fire-breathing dragon to complete Minecraft, which is turning 15 this week, more swiftly than ever. By Kieran Press-Reynolds Players who ...