Minecraft is a sandbox independent video game
originally created by Swedish programmer Markus "Notch" Persson and
later developed and published by the Swedish company Mojang. The creative and
building aspects of Minecraft enable players to build constructions out of
textured cubes in a 3D procedurally generated world. Other activities in the
game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat. Multiplegameplay modes are available, including survival modes where the player must
acquire resources to build the world and maintain health, a creative mode where
players have unlimited resources to build with and the ability to fly, and an
adventure mode where players play custom maps created by other players. The PCversion of the game is renowned for its third-party mods, which add various new
items, characters and quests to the game.
The alpha version was publicly released for PC on May
17, 2009, and after gradual updates, the full version was released on November
18, 2011. A version for Android was released a month earlier on October 7, and
an iOS version was released on November 17, 2011. The game was released on the
Xbox 360 as an Xbox Live Arcade game on May 9, 2012; on the PlayStation 3 on
December 17, 2013; on the PlayStation 4 on September 4, 2014; on the Xbox Onethe next day; and on the PlayStation Vita on October 14, 2014. On December 10,
2014, a Windows Phone version was released. All versions of Minecraft receive periodic
updates, with the console editions being co-developed by 4J Studios.
Minecraft received five awards during the 2011Game Developers Conference. Of the Game Developers Choice Awards, it won theInnovation Award, Best Downloadable Game Award, and Best Debut Game Award; from
the Independent Games Festival, it won the Audience Award and the Seumas McNallyGrand Prize. In 2012, Minecraft was awarded a Golden Joystick Award in thecategory Best Downloadable Game. As of June 2015, over 70 million copies havebeen sold, including 20 million between the Xbox 360 and Xbox One and 20million on PC, making it the best-selling PC game to date and the thirdbest-selling video game of all time. On September 15, 2014, Microsoft announced
a deal to buy Mojang and the ownership of the Minecraft intellectual propertyfor US$2.5 billion; the acquisition was completed on November 6, 2014.
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