It’s becoming increasingly more often that you hear about independent game developers making it big but Minecraft really stands out above the rest. Time and time again this open-world title has made headlines not only for its innovative gameplay but also for its massive sales numbers. However, despite the fact that Minecraft has been immensely popular thus far, no one could have thought just how popular it would really be.

The game’s creator Notch has come forth to let us know that the game is nearing 1,000,000 units sold. As of this writing, it’s at about 950,000 units sold so it will be interesting to see how long it takes for the additional 50,000 units to make their way into the hands of consumers.

Better yet, Notch has said that Minecraft will be getting an update sometime this week that will add even more content to the already expansive game.

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It’s no secret that EA/Maxis’ Spore was a hit with some of the game’s success being attributed to Maxi developer Chris Hecker.

Unfortunately, Maxis recently let Hecker in an effort to downsize the company but that hasn’t stopped him from quickly moving onto a new project which he calls SpyParty. In this game, there will be 2 players, the Spy and the Sniper. The Spy’s job is to move around the party undetected while completely various objectives while the Sniper’s job is to find the Spy and take him out.

Unfortunately, there is no word on when this game will his store shelves, if ever, but we are definitely anticipating any further information regarding SpyParty.

via bigdownload