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About Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox construction game created by Mojang AB founder Markus Persson, and inspired by the Infiniminer, Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper games. 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 is available to all players for €19.95 (US$26.95, £17.32). When purchased, singleplayer and multiplayer game modes can be played using the downloadable stand-alone launcher. Minecraft Classic is available to play for free. The official demo is also free, but has a time limit. Minecraft development started around May 10, 2009, and pre-orders for the full game started being accepted on June 13, 2009. Minecraft's official release date was November 18, 2011. On September 20, 2014, Minecraft for the computer became the best-selling PC game of all time. On October 2, 2015, Minecraft for the computer reached 21 million sales.

On August 16, 2011, Minecraft: Pocket Edition 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, and iOS devices on November 17, 2011 for US$6.99. On April 2, 2014, Minecraft was released for the Amazon Fire TV. It contains all the same features as the Pocket Edition as well as support for the Fire TV's controller. On December 10, 2014, Minecraft: Pocket Edition was released for Windows Phone 8.1. On January 10, 2015, Minecraft: Pocket Edition reached 30 million sales.

On May 9, 2012, Minecraft was released for the Xbox 360 on Xbox Live Arcade for US$20, where it subsequently broke every previous sales record.

On February 11, 2013, Minecraft: Pi Edition was released for the Raspberry Pi. It is based on the Pocket Edition and is available for free at Mojang's dedicated blog. The Pi Edition is intended as an educational tool for novice programmers and users are encouraged to open and change the game's code using its API.

On December 17, 2013, Minecraft was released for the PlayStation 3 on the PlayStation Store for US$19.99. The release was almost identical to the Xbox 360 Edition and was developed in tandem with the Xbox 360 Edition from then on.

On June 26, 2014, the Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 editions' sales passed the number of sales for the PC edition of Minecraft, leaving the Minecraft series having sold more than 54 million copies world-wide and become third best-selling video game of all time.

Minecraft was released for the PlayStation 4 on September 4, 2014, the Xbox One on September 5, 2014 and the PlayStation Vita on October 14, 2014.

On September 15, 2014, Mojang AB and all of its assets (including Minecraft) were purchased by Microsoft for US$2.5 billion. On July 29, 2015, Minecraft was released for the universal Windows 10 platform as an adaptation of the Pocket Edition.

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Gameplay

Explanation of the various game modes and features used in Minecraft.

Game modes

Recipes

Tutorials

Popular and useful pages

Achievements: Information on achievements that can be collected in Minecraft.
Blocks: Detailed information on the various blocks available in Minecraft.
Items: Detailed information on the various items available in Minecraft.
Biomes: Information about all biomes in Minecraft.
Enchanting: Information about enchanting.
Mobs: Information about the various friendly and non-friendly creatures found in Minecraft.
Trading: Detailed information about villager trading.
Redstone circuits: Information about redstone circuits.
Resource packs: Various resource packs that alter the look and feel of the game.
Modifications: Various modifications that alter the gameplay.

News and events

News

October 27/29, 2015: Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 2: Assembly Required released.
October 22, 2015: Minecraft is nominated for a BAFTA Children's Award in the Game category.
October 13-15, 2015: Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone released.
September 24, 2015: Minecraft announced for the Oculus Rift.
September 3, 2015: Minecraft is nominated for a Golden Joystick Award in the Best Family Game category.

Recent updates

November 19, 2015: Minecraft Pocket Edition Alpha 0.13.0 released.
October 23, 2015: Minecraft TU30, CU18 and 1.21 released for all Console Editions, respectively.
October 22/23, 2015: Minecraft Pocket Edition Alpha 0.12.3 released.
October 11/14, 2015: Minecraft Pocket Edition Alpha 0.12.2 released.
September 23, 2015: Minecraft 1.20 released for all PlayStation Editions.

Servers and development

Servers: Documentation on starting and maintaining a server.
Minecraft Realms: Information about paid Mojang-hosted servers, known as Realms.
Official issue tracker: Official issue tracker for tracking bug reports and fixes for the computer and Pocket editions.
Development resources: Documentation and information to develop applications to work with Minecraft.
Programs and editors: A list containing several third-party programs that are designed to work with Minecraft.
Custom servers: Documentation and information about custom servers, along with a list of them.

Version development

Version history

Computer –
- Official game
- Development versions
- Pre-classic
- Classic
- Indev
- Infdev
- Alpha
- Beta
Pocket Edition –
- Alpha
- Development versions
Console Edition –
- Official game
Pi Edition –
- Alpha

Planned versions

Mentioned features

Computer –
- Plugin API
Pocket Edition
Console Edition

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-;July 1, 2015
+;October 27/29, 2015
+:''[[Minecraft: Story Mode]]'' - Episode 2: ''Assembly Required'' released.
-:''Minecraft'' wins the first ever [http://www.bafta.org/press/press-releases/bafta-young-game-designers-finalists-2015 BAFTA Young Game Designers Hero Award].
-;June 30, 2015
+;October 22, 2015
-:''Minecraft'' for PC/Mac reaches 20 million sales.
+:''Minecraft'' is nominated for a BAFTA Children's Award in the Game category.
-;June 15, 2015
+;October 13-15, 2015
+:''Minecraft: Story Mode'' - Episode 1: ''The Order of the Stone'' released.
-:First demonstration of ''Minecraft'' for [https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us Microsoft HoloLens] at E3 2015 press conference.
-;May 30-31, 2015
+;September 24, 2015
+:''Minecraft'' announced for the [[wikipedia:Oculus Rift|Oculus Rift]].
-:[[Mojang]] gave away 12,000 2-week [[Realms]] trials.
-;March 28, 2015
+;September 3, 2015
-:''Minecraft'' wins a [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Kids'_Choice_Awards#Most_Addicting_Game Kids' Choice Award] for "Most Addicting Game".
+:''Minecraft'' is nominated for a [[wikipedia:Golden Joystick Award|Golden Joystick Award]] in the Best Family Game category.
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 '''Recent updates'''
-;July 3, 2015
+;November 19, 2015
-:''Minecraft'' [[Console Edition version history#xbox-TU26|TU26]] released on [[Xbox 360 Edition]].
+:''Minecraft Pocket Edition'' [[Pocket Edition Alpha 0.13.0|Alpha 0.13.0]] released.
-;July 1, 2015
+;October 23, 2015
-:''Minecraft'' [[Console Edition version history#xbox-TU25|TU25]], [[Console Edition version history#xbox-TU25|CU14]], and [[Console Edition version history#xbox-TU25|1.17]] released on [[Xbox 360 Edition|360]], [[Xbox One Edition|One]], and all [[PlayStation Edition]]s, respectively.
+:''Minecraft'' [[Console Edition version history#xbox-TU30|TU30]], [[Console Edition version history#xbone-CU18|CU18]] and [[Console Edition version history#ps-1.21|1.21]] released for all [[Console Edition]]s, respectively.
-;June 5, 2015
+;October 22/23, 2015
-:''Minecraft'' [[Pocket Edition Alpha 0.11.2|Alpha 0.11.2]] released for [[Pocket Edition]] on Windows Phone.
+:''Minecraft Pocket Edition'' [[Pocket Edition Alpha 0.12.3|Alpha 0.12.3]] released.
-;June 5, 2015
+;October 11/14, 2015
-:''Minecraft'' [[1.8.7]] released.
+:''Minecraft Pocket Edition'' [[Pocket Edition Alpha 0.12.2|Alpha 0.12.2]] released.
-;June 4, 2015
+;September 23, 2015
-:''Minecraft'' [[Pocket Edition Alpha 0.11.1|Alpha 0.11.1]] released for [[Pocket Edition]].
+:''Minecraft'' [[Console Edition version history#xbox-TU29|1.20]] released for all [[PlayStation Edition]]s.
-;June 4, 2015
-:''Minecraft'' [[Pocket Edition Alpha 0.11.0|Alpha 0.11.0]] released for [[Pocket Edition]].
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 * [https://bugs.mojang.com Mojang Bug Tracker]
-* [https://twitter.com/MojangTeam Mojang Twitter] ([https://twitter.com/Kappische/mojang Mojangsta list])
+* [https://twitter.com/Mojang Mojang Twitter] ([https://twitter.com/Kappische/mojang Mojangsta list])
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 * [http://www.minecraftforum.net Minecraft Forums]
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