We recently told you about an epic Zelda re-creation in Minecraft, but there something very similar out there, a “voxel-based exploration RPG” called Cube World. We’ve got a fan made trailer that shows just how awesome the game looks. Spoiler alert: it looks pretty damn awesome. The game is still in development and there’s no ETA on release, but we sure hope it’s soon.

By now, you should know that it’s possible to create virtually anything in Minecraft, no scratch that, it’s possible to create everything in Minecraft. Including re-creating Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

The project is called “Hyrulecraft”, and its goal is to recreate the entire world of Zelda: Ocarina of Time inside of Minecraft, complete with NPCs, dungeons, etc. Fore more details on Hyrulecraft and how to play it, check out this run down by GenGame.

Indie hit and cult phenomenon Minecraft has now topped 20 million registered users, Minecraft creator Notch revealed via his Twitter. Minecraft has been a huge success over the past few years, and has generated lots of revenue for its studio, Mojang Games. However, 20 million registered users doesn’t mean 20 million copies sold. Last time we checked, Minecraft had sold about 4 million copies, as of late last year.

It’s almost becoming tiresome to hear about Mojang Specification’s Minecraft as it seems the independently developed title has been in the news quite a bit lately. Of course, this isn’t a bad thing as Minecraft is a deliciously developed game with endless amounts of fun building towns, slaying zombies and exploring caves and dungeons. In fact, due to all of this gameplay, Minecraft has grown so popular that it has now passed 10 million users.

Something to make note of is the fact that this number does not mean 10 million users have paid for the game but at 2.7 million paying users Mojang and head developer Notch are sure to be quite satisfied.

We’ve been giving Minecraft a lot of attention recently and with good reason – the game is a phenomenon. Starting off being developed by a single person the game has effectively spawned an entire game development studio dubbed Mojang Specifications along with an international following. But, that’s not the most amazing part – the most amazing part is the fact that the game is still in beta meaning it has a lot of room to grow.

While we told you about the Minecraft 1.7 update just yesterday, the real update gamers are looking forward to is Minecraft 1.8. This is the update that Notch is calling the Adventure update which will add a ton of new content that’s yet to be announced. Luckily, Notch has finally spoken of the 1.8 update giving us a bit of inside into what to expect.

According to notch the update will include more interesting farming, NPC filled villages, more incentives to explore, new combat mechanics, at least one new mob and “complex terrain features”. Unfortunately some of these things are quite vague but they will definitely be giving Minecraft a ton of depth – even more so than it already has.

Minecraft has been getting a steady stream of updates from its developer, Mojang Specifications, ever since it secured its place as one of the most popular indie titles of all time. If you’ve played the game you’ll know that despite being full of features there is still quite a ways to go. For example, the game doesn’t really have a beginning or an end right now instead it’s very open ended tasking players with mining materials and building whatever they want. Luckily, the game’s original developer Notch has told us that the game will be getting a lot more depth in the near future with a series of updates – one being Adventures.

Not much is known exactly what Notch means about ‘Adventures’ but it is assumed that a sort of questing system complete with non playable characters will be added. Unfortunately, Notch has taken to his blog today to let us know that the version 1.8 update, which includes Adventures, will not be out for quite some time. On a more positive note, he did let us know that he is planning to release Minecraft version 1.7 this Thursday.

What’s to be included in this update, you ask? Well according to Notch the update will contain nothing more than pistons and some bug fixes but something is better than nothing, right?

Indie sensation hit Minecraft, made a a small developer in Sweden, has surpassed sales of 2.5 million copies, all sold via the official website. The 2.5 million translate to over $33 million in revenue, making it the top grossing indie game ever made. What’s even more impressive, is that Minecraft is still in beta.

Minecraft is slated for release on November 11 on the PC and Xbox 360. And hopefully, we’ll see a release on Steam as well this. Minecraft was released back in 2009 and was the product of a single developer, Markus “Notch” Persson, who has since formed a studio to work on Minecraft.

Minecraft has taken the world by storm and has quickly become one of the most successful independently developed titles of all time. However, what you may not have known is the fact that Minecraft is still a beta. That’s right, the game has already sold millions of copies and isn’t even a final release just yet. Luckily Mojang Specifications are doing what they can to push the game towards a final release. In fact head developer Notch has just come forth to let us know that the company is currently working on beta 1.7. The big news surrounding this beta is the fact that it will be the “adventure update” along with adding small support for mods.

Unfortunately no other information was given as to what exactly this adventure update will include but it seems that Minecraft will be a much more feature intensive game quite soon.

As we’ve told you many times in the past Minecraft has managed to defy the odds and become a best seller despite being an entirely independently developed game. This is great news for Markus ‘Notch’ Persson as he was the original sole developer of the title and it has now gone on to sell nearly 2 million copies which is quite a feat considering there has been virtually no advertising efforts pushed out by the game.

Luckily, for you Minecraft-heads out there Notch and the rest of Mojang have come forth to let us know that beta version 1.5 of the game is now available for download. This is the long awaited update that includes things such as achievements, statistics, weather effects including rain, snow and thunder and various other performance upgrades.

If you have the Minecraft client on your computer make note that it will update itself but if you’re running a Minecraft server you’re going to have to update it yourself. Check out more information as Notch’s official blog here.

Minecraft is a text book example of just how popular an independently developed game can become. If you weren’t aware the game itself started out as a one man operation and eventually going on to spawn a independent development studio headed by the original creator Notch dubbed Mojang Specifications. In fact to date the game has sold nearly 2 million copies doing so with little to no marketing.

The beauty of this is that Minecraft is still in beta when it managed to garner all of this interest. This means that there are still some bugs within the game but it also means that there is still a ton of room for the game to grow. In fact, if you’ve been following the game, you may know that Mojang had planned to get a patch out this week updating the game to version 1.5. This version was set to include things such as achievements, weather effects, stats and even wolves. However, ti seems that things didn’t go as planned as Notch has updated his blog letting us know that they won’t be getting it out this week and instead shooting for next week.

Luckily, it seems that the studio will be packing some additional features into the patch now that they have a bit of extra time so we’ll have to wait and see what’s in store.