World-building games like Minecraft may inspire young people to pursue careers in construction, addressing skills shortages.

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GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. The long-dreaded time has come and Microsoft has begun to ...

New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has unveiled a sweeping restructure that will cut around 3,000 jobs and spin off four studios, ...

Minecraft Classic is available on the web for free through a supporting web browser. In this post, we explain how to play Classic Minecraft and what to expect. Minecraft despite being around for over ...

Xbox is set to lay off 1,600 staffers now and up to another 1,600 over the next year in what CEO Asha Sharma calls the "most ...

California's Protect Our Games Act, which would have required publishers to provide remedies when ending support for paid ...

ESA called community servers “illegal” during a California hearing, raising new debate around Stop Killing Games and game ...

While the organizers behind Stop Killing Games remain optimistic about the movement's future, they've been dealt another blow ...

The ESA has made the head-scratching claim that private Minecraft servers are "illegal" and considered a form of "piracy" in ...

The National Science Foundation lifted a hold on some grants for Harvard and other universities this week after inquiries from media outlets, including The New York Times. By Adam Sella Mark Arsenault ...

Like many young people of her generation, Fai Nur was what she called a “chronically online teenager.” She obsessed over music groups, TV shows, and movies, and never missed the chance to talk about ...