This summer, Microsoft will release a beta of Minecraft: Education Edition written in C++ rather than Java, which looks like removing the performance problems associated with running the current ...

Microsoft is continuing its mission to find educational uses for Minecraft with the news that it has acquired MinecraftEdu, a company that makes a modified version of Minecraft specifically for the ...

Minecraft, the wildly popular game that lets users create infinite worlds, is undoubtedly on many students’ minds as last days of the school year approach. Soon they’ll be free to play all summer long ...