On May 17, 2009, Minecraft was first released to the public. Considering the resources used to build the original (one guy with a knowledge of Java), Mojang (the company now behind Minecraft, formed ...

2D mining/crafting adventure game is PSN, XBLA bound. It’s a bit uncharitable to consistently describe Terraria as “a 2D version of Minecraft,” but such comparisons aren’t helped when your developer ...

Over the past year, the PlayStation Vita has found an identity. It’s a system that can’t rely on a stable of classic franchises like the Nintendo 3DS. It doesn’t have overwhelming support from major ...

You can't venture into a store without seeing voxels. Creepers have become a minor icon. Minecraft has permiated the cultural zeitgeist. For better or worse, it will become even more entrenched once ...

Capitalizing on the absence of Minecraft on both the Wii U and 3DS, Re-Logic's 2D sandbox game Terraria is coming to Nintendo platforms in the first quarter of next year. Publisher 505 Games recently ...

Terraria is a better game than Minecraft. There's no denying Minecraft's success, or that Notch's creation is a fun, at times magical, playground; a world of LEGO without the risk of stepping on a ...

I've been reading about this game on the Penny Arcade Forums for a while, and was under the impression that it wasn't coming out for a few months. I opened up Steam yestarday and was surprised to see ...

Both Minecraft and Terraria are quite similar. They are survival titles that place players in a world where they need to gather resources and progress. Furthermore, both give players lots of freedom, ...

A prominent former Minecraft modder has landed a dream job: helping modders make more mods. The twist is, it's for a different sandbox game. It's no worry, however: modder Chicken Bones is now working ...

I follow the torch-lit path down, down, down. And then down some more, swinging my trusty flaming sword to slaughter the occasional demonic adversary as I descended. How much bigger could this map be?