Starting this summer, classrooms hooked on MinecraftEDU will be given the option of migrating to a new education-focused Minecraft title, recently announced by Microsoft who has acquired the rights to ...

Mojang, the creator of Minecraft, was bought by Microsoft for a staggering $2.5 billion in late 2014. The game continues to capture the imagination of millions around the globe, and has especially ...

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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 ...

Longstanding Minecrafters would know what MinecraftEdu is, for the rest, it is a game based on the infamous sandbox title focused on classroom learning. Just as Microsoft bought the original game ...

Seventeen months after acquiring Minecraft, Microsoft is adding another building block in its efforts to expand its presence in classrooms. The Redmond, Wash.-based company has acquired MinecraftEdu, ...

Microsoft has bought an education game version of Minecraft called MinecraftEdu for an undisclosed sum and plans on using it to create its own Minecraft Education Edition. The education edition, which ...

Microsoft is further expanding on its investment in Minecraft, bought in 2014 for $2.5 billion, by acquiring a learning game called MinecraftEdu for an undisclosed sum. The game, produced by a company ...

Microsoft expands its vision of using the blocky video game in classrooms with the acquisition of a learning tool called MinecraftEdu. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 ...

More than a year after its $2.5 billion acquisition of Minecraft maker Mojang, Microsoft says it’s buying MinecraftEdu — a version of the game that was created for the classroom — in an attempt to ...

Microsoft has acquired MinecraftEdu, a version designed by educators for classroom use, and will use it to launch Minecraft: Education Edition, developer Mojang announced this morning. Minecraft: ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. A version of popular sandbox game Minecraft called "MinecraftEdu" from a third-party developer has been used in classrooms since 2011. Now, Microsoft- ...