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Minecraft MOD CivCraft goes standalone - The Microsoft effect

MWEB GameZone writes: "The popular MOD CivCraft is going standalone in the form of Praxis. This move was announced by developers [Redacted] Games only one day after the confirmation that Microsoft has bought Mojang.

This could signal a long line of developers to follow suit, running away from the Microsoft owned Minecraft and creating standalone verions of their games."

SonZeRo3927d ago

Sounds to me more like they think they can do a cash in like Notch got if the game they are trying to sell isn't based off a soon to be MS game.

Clown_Syndr0me3927d ago

Sounds about right, but if they're based on Minecraft surely MS can sue?

HoldenZA3927d ago

I think they are protected, since it was developed pre-Microsoft. I doubt they would of made this move if they were legally in the wrong.

SonZeRo3927d ago

They are shifting to a new engine from the looks of it so they don't have that issue.

Sillicur3927d ago

Dont think MS can sue. New engine, differnt name, was developed pre-ms

HoldenZA3927d ago

It sounds like CivCraft wants to get onto that money train, and I don't blame them when the game itself sold for over $2billion.

Sillicur3927d ago

I think its more about protecting their ideas from MS

mixelon3927d ago

Very sensible.

It's not wise to make a game on a software platform/engine you have no control over. The MS purchase could mean absolutely anything for mod developers at this point, and civcraft was like a game in its own right. They need to be able to sell their work and not worry about legal issues.. They also need to know that the entire foundation they've been working from isnt going to change.. We have no idea what's going to happen with MC now.

Sillicur3927d ago

Exactly, very well said. We are so in the dark as to the future of MOD development in minecraft at the moment, that it is the right move for developers to move to standalone if they can

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Minecraft “Chase the Sky” Game Drop and Vibrant Visuals Update Gets Release Date

Mojang announced the release date for the latest Game Drop for Minecraft and a significant visual upgrade for the Bedrock Edition.

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Minecraft Reveals "Chase the Sky" Game Drop and Details its Features

Today, Mojang revealed the next Game Drop coming soon to its ultra-popular survival crafting game Minecraft, titled "Chase the Sky."

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-Foxtrot16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

Does anyone think it’s a little lazy of them to use a Ghast rather than make a new Hot air balloon skin or something.

A whole update for this is wild after months of waiting

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Activision Forces Adverts into Call of Duty Black Ops 6 and Warzone Loadouts

With the launch of Call of Duty Season 4, Activision quietly put adverts inside loadouts for Black Ops 6 and Warzone, sparking a backlash in the process.

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lukasmain17d ago

Putting Ads in a pay-to-play Premium title? Well done Microsoft. Well done /s This is really scummy.

jjb198116d ago

This game will never change because these sweatlords love buying up all the skins and bundles that become obsolete the following year. They're the ones perpetuating Activision's greed.

VenomUK15d ago

If Microsoft introduces adverts into its other games I hope it can do them without disrupting the immersion of the game world. So for example in the new Fable game it would look out of place if there was a billboard advertising Cadillacs.

A far better way to do it would be to have a wizard conjure a 'dream cloud' in front of your character and then in the cloud you can see the Cadillac car and see the text with price and availability and hear a booming sales voice promoting the car. That would work so well as it wouldn't be a billboard and completely, 100%, fit in with your character's adventuring in Albion. Doesn't that sound so much better?!

crazyCoconuts15d ago

@venom, or how about our of 100 farts in Albion, 1 of them has a Cadillac pop out

VenomUK15d ago

@crazyCoconuts That’s undeniably off-beat - but it could really work!

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