We've all spent a lot of time playing games where the goal is to kill things and break stuff down. It's nice to finally play a game about building something up. Reshaping a pristine landscape into new world using your own two hands while things try to kill you isn't just an amazingly rewarding...

Charming blocky look; Crafting tutorial; Promotes creativity; Great multiplayer; Huge world size

Minecraft is a simple game that anyone of most gaming age groups can play. The setting is simple your dropped into a randomly made world and can go do whatever you want. Build a city, dig a tunnel and all sorts of things in between.

'Minecraft's charm lies in its simplicity, but beneath the accessible surface is a much deeper experience (no pun intended). It is easy to learn and difficult to master. In the traditional mode, called Survivor, you are dropped into a world of pixelated blocks that can be harvested and used for a...

For those few that aren't quite familiar with Minecraft yet (under a rock for the last three years, perhaps), here's a brief run down: the goal is to survive and live off the land by any means necessary.

How many times do we have to tell you that Minecraft is bloody brilliant It's come to a point where it seems fairly redundant to keep banging the Minecraft drum; everyone has played it and while the block-building game doesn't appeal to all of those that have, there's a sense that – by now – there...

I purchased this games for my 9 year old son as a Christmas gift. He was ecstatic when he opened the gift. Every opportunity he has to play Minecraft (on Fridays and Saturdays) he is playing this game. I will say, we have two younger sons who are 4 and 5 years old.

Challenging; Fun To Play; Graphics; Multiplayer

Classic Minecraft–fun, simple, and you make your own adventure. Be prepared though–you need either a gamepad or pro controller to play (no wii-motes allowed). Also, a lot of content SEEMS like it is already on the game, but it is NOT–your Wii U needs to be connected to the internet to download it.

12 and 11 year old boys were always uninterested in minecraft. This came with the Xbox one S which they really got to play Star Wars battlefront. I made them install minecraft after a couple of weeks (I had read a book which mentioned mine craft) and they sourly did so.

Great fun love building stuff!!!

One of the few non-sport/shooter (shooters are now mostly 2 local co-op) 4 player co-op games for Xbox One. Really fun to play couch co-op with 2-4 players. Let the building frenzy begin!!