Minecraft's creator once said he designed the world to be a place without gender, but the game's developer now says blocky hero Steve 'doesn't really represent the diversity of our playerbase'.

Mojang founder Markus "Notch" Persson has answered criticisms of MInecraft's lack of official female avatars by saying the survival adventure exists in a genderless world. According to Notch, the ...

Specifically, in the post aptly entitled Gender and Minecraft, Notch discusses some of his attitude toward how the game is meant to treat gender, after acknowledging the maleness attributed to ...

Minecraft strikes a small blow for gender balance One small step against the "masculine as default" ...