Split-screen co-op is one of the big features Minecraft on Xbox Live Arcade boasts over the PC original, but some disappointed players are finding it unexpectedly unavailable to them. It turns out, ...

With the runaway success of Mojang Studios’ create-’em-up becoming a bonafide worldwide phenomenon, it was only a matter of time before the beloved IP was retrofitted into a brand-new genre. While the ...

The game Minecraft is many things – it's innovative, it's vast, it's open-ended, it's creative, it's unique, and so on and so on. But one thing that it is not is a great multiplayer game. At least not ...

Minecraft's big Caves & Cliffs Update has been split in two, with the latter part now not due until "around the holiday season", developer Mojang said today. While some of the update will still arrive ...

The combat mechanics in Minecraft are probably among the weakest aspects of the game, as everything feels janky and limited. This is why many players either get mods that improve how mobs fight or ...

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...