‘Minecraft’ PS4, Xbox One And PS Vita Updates From Devs, Microsoft CEO Talks About The Buyout

Coders Rest In The Office Of Swedish Company Mojang In Stockholm — Coders rest in the Mojang company office in Stockholm January 21, 2013. A pool table, a pinball machine, board games and Lego dot the offices of Mojang, the small Swedish company behind the wildly popular Minecraft video game, and one of its founders is wearing a tuxedo and purple tie on a recent "formal Friday". The atmosphere reflects the independent spirit that has contributed to the raw identity of the game that has just sold 20 million copies. The founders want to keep it that way. Mojang, the Swedish word for gadget, has so far resisted selling to a bigger player or listing on the stock market even though that could mean monster payoffs for the 25-person staff and funding to expand dramatically its games. Picture taken January 21, 2013. Reuters/Ints Kalnins

4J Studios has been giving a lot of updates to fans, including what has been going on with the still unreleased "Minecraft PS Vita Edition." In the latest post on the official 4J Studios Twitter page, the developer has stated that they are still bug fixing "Minecraft PS Vita" and have yet to hand it over to Sony.

At the same time, they are also dealing with the bugs that have been seen in "Minecraft PS4 Edition" and "Minecraft Xbox One Edition." There's already an update for "Minecraft Xbox One Edition" rolling out, though 4J Studios has stated that this is a small fix for bugs that are causing black holes in the worlds.

For the "Minecraft PS3 Edition," there's already a small update that allows for save transfers of PS3 worlds to your "Minecraft PS4 Edition." Once you have downloaded the update, you only need to go to the saves list, move to the save that you want to transfer and then press R1 to bring up the Save Options to transfer the world to the "Minecraft PS4 Edition."

In another tweet, 4J Studios said that a bigger update will be coming to the next-gen versions of "Minecraft":

There's a bigger #MinecraftXbox1 and #MinecraftPS4 bug fix update underway to fix the other issues people have been finding.
— 4J Studios (@4JStudios) September 16, 2014

Meanwhile, after hearing the side of Mojang's Markus "Notch" Persson about leaving Mojang after the deal with Microsoft has been signed, now it's time to hear the side of Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella. This is a pretty huge event for Microsoft and Nadella, considering that this is also the first deal signed after Nadella took over the company as its CEO.

According to Nadella, the acquisition is more than just having a new game for the Xbox platform--it was an exciting venture for Microsoft in the hopes of bringing more people, specifically kids who love playing the game, and using "Minecraft" for their education.

"It's this open-world platform. If you think about it, it's the one game parents want their kids to play," Nadella said in an interview with Geekwire.

Indeed, "Minecraft" will now allow Microsoft better grounding in the territory of mobile games and education, and if they play their cards right, it could be looking at affecting a number of its platforms in the future. If the influence of the building aspect of "Minecraft" becomes more prominent, perhaps the game can be turned into an effective learning tool.