Have you heard about this cool game called Minecraft? It’s made of blocks!
Kidding. It’s abundantly clear that anyone with the faintest interest in video games is surely well aware of Mojang’s lo-fi smash hit. Google Play claims between 5-10 million downloads of Minecraft: Pocket Edition ($7), which had sold more than 54 million copies across all platforms. Let that sink in: fifty-four million.
There's a good chance you've already bought Minecraft on Android, but it may have been ages since you last played—the game launched in 2011 in a pretty meager state. So why cover it now? Because Pocket Edition may be the ultimate example of a mobile game worth investing in for the long haul, as the premium sandbox game has been majorly enhanced over that span. And this week’s version 0.10.0 update offers as great an opportunity as any to jump back in—or start fresh.