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About Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox construction game, inspired by Infiniminer, Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper, created by Markus Persson, the founder of Mojang AB. The game involves players creating and destroying various types of blocks in a three-dimensional environment. The player takes on an avatar that can destroy or create blocks, forming fantastic structures, creations, and artwork, on multiplayer servers and singleplayer worlds across multiple game modes.

Minecraft is available to players for €19.95 ($26.95 USD). Singleplayer and multiplayer, when purchased, can be played in the user's web browser, or using the downloadable launcher. Minecraft Classic is available to play for free. 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 August 16, 2011, Minecraft - Pocket Edition was released for the Xperia Play. After its exclusivity with Sony expired, it was released for Android devices on October 7, 2011, and iOS devices on November 17, 2011 for $6.99 USD.

On May 9, 2012, Minecraft was released for the Xbox 360 on Xbox Live Arcade for 1600 Microsoft Points ($20.00 USD), where it soon shattered every previous sales record.

On November 24, 2012, Minecraft: Pi Edition was announced. When released, it will be based on the Pocket Edition and be exclusive to the Raspberry Pi.

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Gameplay
Blockcategory
Popular and useful pages
Blocks
Detailed information on the various blocks available in Minecraft.
Items
Detailed information on the various items available 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.
Texture packs
Various texture packs that alter the look and feel of the game.
Modifications
Various modifications that alter the gameplay.
Updates, news and events
News
  • January 31, 2013 - Pocket Edition 0.6.1 for Android released.
  • January 30, 2013 - Xbox 360 Edition 1.3.1 and Pocket Edition 0.6.0 released.
  • January 9, 2013 - Minecraft 1.4.7 released.
  • December 23, 2012 - Minecraft: The Story of Mojang released.
  • December 20, 2012 - Minecraft 1.4.6 released.
Version history
Upcoming features
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Servers and development
Servers
Documentation on starting and maintaining a server.
Official bug tracker
Official bug tracker for tracking bug reports and fixes for the PC, Pocket, and Xbox 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.
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