One of the coolest features of Minecraft is the ability for community members to add new features, such as structures, mobs, biomes, and mechanics, quite easily.

There are many Minecraft servers out there, and it can be hard for players to find one that suits their needs. Many developers use plugins to build code and plug it into their servers. Plugins are ...

Minecraft's new "Code Builder" can leverage various existing code plugins to help youngsters learn to code. Code Builder can be used in simplistic blocks, or flipped into a more powerful code-view ...

Microsoft has announced a partnership with Code.org that will bring Minecraft into the education curriculum. Mojang, the Sweden-based game development studio that shot to prominence due to its ...

First "Star Wars," now "Minecraft." Microsoft and Code.org, a nonprofit that aims to expose students to computer science, have unveiled a Minecraft coding tutorial for kids and educators. This is ...

Minecraft: Education Edition can now teach kids how to code with the new Code Builder tool and the 'Agent', an in-game robot. Mojang will add Command Blocks in Education Edition later this year.

Microsoft knows that Minecraft can get kids into programming, and it's banking on that strategy again this year. It just teamed up with Code.org to introduce the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a ...