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 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 ...

Educators had the right to feel a little freaked out about Microsoft’s announcement that it was acquiring Minecraft maker Mojang. Microsoft’s news release stated, “The Mojang team will join Microsoft ...

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 ...

Joel Levin at the Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School used popular indie block building game Minecraft as a learning tool for his second grade computer class. Now he’s a part of the newly-launched ...

Cross-posted from the Marketplace K-12 blog. Less than two years after it announced plans to acquire the developer of the wildly popular game Minecraft, Microsoft says it will buy a school-friendly ...

A New York City school teacher has crafted a version of Minecraft for schools called MinecraftEdu. Given the sandbox indie game’s simple premise — a pixelated world of blocks that users manipulate ...

Microsoft is acquiring a learning tool called MinecraftEdu from Teacher Gaming LLC. Terms of the deal, announced by Microsoft on January 19, were not disclosed. Microsoft is not buying Teacher Gaming ...

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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 ...

TeacherGaming, a new startup from the team behind MinecraftEdu, a company that helped teachers use Minecraft in the classroom that was subsequently acquired by Microsoft, has picked up $1.6 million in ...

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 ...