Console version of open-ended sandbox game reaches new sales milestone.

The Xbox 360 version of Minecraft has now sold over 7 million copies, developer Mojang announced today over Twitter.

"Minecraft on Xbox has now sold 7 million copies!!! CRAZY! =D," business developer Daniel Kaplan said.

It is unclear if this figure is referencing the Xbox Live Arcade version, the disc-based retail version, or combined sales of both. Mojang was not immediately available to comment.

The XBLA version of Minecraft crossed 6 million units sold at the end of March, while the disc-based iteration released this month and broke retail records in the United States.

Meanwhile, the PC/Mac/Linux version of Minecraft recently crossed 11 million copies sold.

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Minimum specification requires a 2GHz dual core processor, 2GB RAM, and a 512MB graphics card.

Creative Assembly has released the minimum and recommended system specs for the upcoming PC historical strategy sim Total War: Rome II.

The minimum specs for the game have been designed to stay the same as predecessor Shogun 2's, requiring only a 512MB graphics card, 2GB of RAM, and a 2GHz dual core processor.

• OS: XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
• Processor: 2GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor
• Memory: 2GB RAM
• Graphics: 512MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3, vertex texture fetch support).
• DirectX: 9.0c
• Hard Drive: 35GB HD space
• Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Meanwhile, the full recommended specs require a slightly loftier rig:

• OS: Windows 7/Windows 8
• Processor: 2nd Generation Intel Core i5 processor (or greater)
• Memory: 4GB RAM
• Graphics: 1024MB DirectX 11 compatible graphics card.
• DirectX: 11
• Hard Drive: 35GB HD space
• Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Total War: Rome II will be released worldwide on September 3. Creative Assembly says the game notched up six times more preorders in its first week than Shogun 2..

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Labels president Frank Gibeau says company has opportuning to grow the audience for upcoming open-world game.

The original Mirror's Edge was a fairly niche game, but its open-world sequel aims to cast a wider net. That's according to EA Labels president Frank Gibeau, who told IGN that the pieces are place for the free-running sequel to grow the franchise's audience.

’Our goal in any product is to try and grow the audience,’ Gibeau explained. ’We’re definitely taking into account the opportunity to reach a bigger group of people. We think we’ve got the right story and accessibility that can do that."

Gibeau added that the original Mirror's Edge sold a couple million units, so it's "not an art film." Still, he said the franchise has the opportunity to grow with the upcoming sequel.

The Mirror's Edge sequel was announced during EA's E3 briefing earlier this month. Little is known about its gameplay outside of Gibeau describing the game as an "open-world action adventure game."

The game is currently in development for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. According to developer DICE, it will be released "when it's ready."

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Bossa Studios says "this has nothing to do with any Valve games" regarding easter egg found in game's latest update.

Bossa Studios has confirmed that the easter egg recently discovered in Surgeon Simulator 2013 is not a tease for Half-Life 3.

"Whoa! It seems that you've got a little ahead of yourselves! Here's a clue: THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY VALVE GAMES! Carry on now’," the developer wrote on Twitter today.

Gamers this week discovered a note taped to an object with Korean text inside Surgeon Simulator 2013. The text reportedly reads "The time is," with dots said to be in reference to planets within the solar system.

"The time is 8:47 a.m." is one of the first lines in the original Half-Life.

The discovery was made following the Team Fortress 2 update for Surgeon Simulator 2013. The free update allows gamers to play as Team Fortress 2's medic and operate on the heavy.

Last April, Valve boss Gabe Newell said the studio had gone through numerous "twists and turns" to bring the game to market. He explained that Valve remaining silent on the game is in the best interest for gamers because elaborating on the game's development "would probably drive people more crazy."

The most recent Half-Life game was 2007's Half-Life 2: Episode Two. That game advances the story of previous entries Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One. A third episode was planned, but has not seen the light of day.

A listing for Half-Life 3 was recently spotted in a Valve project tracker.

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