Minecraft is a sandbox construction game created by Mojang Studios founder Markus “Notch” Persson, inspired by Infiniminer, Dwarf Fortress, Dungeon Keeper, and Notch’s past games Legend of the Chambered and RubyDung. Gameplay involves players interacting with the game world by placing and breaking various types of blocks in a three-dimensional environment. In this environment, players can build creative structures, creations, and artwork on multiplayer servers and singleplayer worlds across multiple game modes.
Minecraft: Java Edition is available for US$26.95. When purchased, single-player and multiplayer game modes can be played using the downloadable stand-alone launcher. The official demo is free but has a time limit. Minecraft development started around May 10, 2009, and pre-orders for the full game were accepted starting from June 13, 2009. Minecraft’s official release date was November 18, 2011. As of July 4, 2018, Java Edition is the second best-selling PC game of all time and has reached 35 million sales as of April 19, 2020.
On August 16, 2011, Minecraft: Pocket Edition, the first edition to use the Bedrock Edition codebase, was released for the Sony Xperia Play gaming smartphone. After its exclusivity with Sony expired, it was released for Android devices on October 7, 2011, iOS devices on November 17, 2011, Fire OS devices on September 13, 2012, and Windows Phone 8.1 on December 10, 2014, for US$6.99. Bedrock Edition was then ported to non-mobile platforms for the first time, starting with Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition on July 29, 2015, and followed by Minecraft: Gear VR Edition on April 27, 2016, and Minecraft: Apple TV Edition and Minecraft: Fire TV Edition on December 19, 2016. On December 1, 2016, Pocket Edition reached 40 million sales. On December 19, 2016, Pocket Edition for Windows Phone 8.1 was officially discontinued. It was replaced by Pocket Edition for Windows 10 Mobile on February 22, 2017. On September 24, 2018, Apple TV Edition was officially discontinued.
Official links
Minecraft website
Minecraft Dungeons website
Minecraft Earth website
Education Edition website
Realms for Java Website
Realms Plus Website
Minecraft Feedback website
Minecraft YouTube
Minecraft YouTube Livestreams
Education Edition Youtube
Minecraft Twitch
Minecraft Facebook Gaming
Minecraft Facebook page
Education Edition Facebook page
Minecraft Festival Facebook page
Minecraft Instagram
Official Minecraft Discord server
Official Minecraft Shop
Minecraft Support
Mojang Studios Bug Tracker
Minecraft Twitter
Minecraft Dungeons Twitter
Minecraft Earth Twitter
Education Edition Twitter
Minecraft Marketplace Twitter
Minecraft Festival Twitter
Mojang Studios Twitter (Employees list)
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