{"id":10217,"date":"2011-02-22T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"save-yourselves-minecraft-coming-to-iphone-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/10217-save-yourselves-minecraft-coming-to-iphone-ipad","title":{"rendered":"SAVE YOURSELVES! Minecraft coming to iPhone, iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Minecraft dev Marcus &ldquo;Notch&rdquo; Persson has told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/33130\/Official_Minecraft_iPhone_and_iPad_Release_Coming_Later_This_Year.php\" target=\"_blank\">Gamasutra<\/a> that the blockbuster game is shipping to iPhone and iPad sometime this year. Next stop, neural implants.<\/p>\n<p>Persson added that the iOS version won&rsquo;t be getting the same updates as the original browser game, but only those that &ldquo;makes sense&rdquo; for touchscreen devices. Which makes sense too. A number of unofficial ports are currently available on both platforms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since launching back in 2009, the sandbox game has established itself as something of a cult phenomenon, pushing a million sales as of January this year, and claiming some five million or so registered accounts across premium and free versions. Not bad, considering it&rsquo;s still, you know, in beta and everything. A full PC version is also expected to launch later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Minecraft is currently in the running for the IGF&rsquo;s Seamus McNally Grand Prize, alongside the locally-developed roguelike, Desktop Dungeons. MAY THE BEST TIME-WASTER WIN!<\/p>\n<div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minecraft, taking over your life one device at a time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}