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About Minecraft
is a sandbox construction game created by Mojang AB 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 €23.95 (US$26.95, £17.95). When purchased, singleplayer 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 10/5/2009, and pre-orders for the full game were accepted starting from 13/6/2009. Minecraft's official release date was 18/11/2011. On 20/9/2014, Java Edition became the best-selling PC game of all time and has reached 29 million sales as of 18/10/2018. On 16/8/2011, 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 7/10/2011, iOS devices on 17/11/2011, Fire OS devices on 13/9/2012, and Windows Phone 8.1 on 10/12/2014 for US$6.99. Bedrock Edition was then ported to non-mobile platforms for the first time, starting with Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition on 29/6/2015, and followed by Minecraft: Gear VR Edition on 27/4/2016, and Minecraft: Apple TV Edition and Minecraft: Fire TV Edition on 19/12/2016. On 1/12/2016, Pocket Edition reached 40 million sales. On 19/12/2016, Pocket Edition for Windows Phone 8.1 was officially discontinued. It was replaced by Pocket Edition for Windows 10 Mobile on 22/2/2017. On 24/9/2018, the Apple TV Edition was officially discontinued. On 9/5/2012, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition was released for the Xbox 360 on Xbox Live Arcade for US$19.99, where it subsequently broke every previous sales record. Xbox 360 Edition was the first version to use the codebase known as Legacy Console Edition. It was followed by Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition on 17/12/2013, Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition on 4/9/2014, Minecraft: Xbox One Edition on 5/9/2014, Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition on 14/10/2014, Minecraft: Wii U Edition on 17/12/2015, and Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition on 11/5/2017. On 11/2/2013, Minecraft: Pi Edition was released for the Raspberry Pi. The Pi Edition was intended as an educational tool for novice programmers and users were encouraged to open and change the game's code using its API. There were never any subsequent updates and the edition is now officially discontinued. On 15/9/2014, Mojang AB and all of its assets (including Minecraft) were purchased by Microsoft for US$2.5 billion. Minecraft China was released on 5/9/2017 for iOS, 8/8/2017 for PC, and 12/10/2017 for Android. The gameplay is almost the same as the normal Bedrock Edition and Java Edition, but it is free to play. After a beta testing period, Minecraft: Education Edition was released on 1/10/2016 for US$5 per user per year. The Education Edition contains features that make Minecraft more accessible and effective in a classroom setting. On 13/9/2017, Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition was released for the New Nintendo 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS XL, and New Nintendo 2DS XL. On 18/9/2017, the original version of Minecraft was renamed to Minecraft: Java Edition. Shortly thereafter, on 20/9/2017, the Better Together Update for Bedrock Edition was released on Android, iOS, Fire OS, Windows 10, Samsung Gear VR, and Fire TV, and the editions Pocket Edition, Windows 10 Edition, Gear VR Edition, and Fire TV Edition were then renamed to have the single title Minecraft with no edition name. A port of Bedrock Edition to the Xbox One platform was released that day, discontinuing and replacing the original Xbox One Edition, and a port of Bedrock Edition to the Nintendo Switch platform was released on 21/6/2018, discontinuing and replacing the original Nintendo Switch Edition. As of 29/9/2018, Minecraft has sold 154 million copies across all platforms, making it the second best-selling video game of all time, and the ninth best-selling video game franchise of all time. | ||||||
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