Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox construction game created by Mojang AB, 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 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 30 million sales as of April 3, 2019.

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, the *Apple TV Edition* was officially discontinued.

On May 9, 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 December 17, 2013, *Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition* on September 4, 2014, *Minecraft: Xbox One Edition* on September 5, 2014, *Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition* on October 14, 2014, *Minecraft: Wii U Edition* on December 17, 2015, and *Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition* on May 11, 2017. As of December 18, 2018, all editions under this codebase, with the exception of the *PlayStation 4 Edition*, have been discontinued.

On February 11, 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 September 15, 2014, Mojang AB and all of its assets (including *Minecraft*) were purchased by Microsoft for US$2.5 billion.

*Minecraft China*
 was released on September 5, 2017, for iOS; August 8, 2017, for PC; and
 October 12, 2017, for Android. The gameplay is similar to the *Java* and Bedrock editions, but is free to play.

After a beta testing period, *Minecraft: Education Edition* was released on November 1, 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 September 13, 2017, *Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition* was released for the New Nintendo 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS XL, and New Nintendo 2DS XL. This edition was officially discontinued on January 15, 2019.

On September 18, 2017, the original version of *Minecraft* was renamed to *Minecraft: Java Edition*. Shortly thereafter, on September 20, 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 June 21, 2018, discontinuing and replacing the original *Nintendo Switch Edition*.

As of May 17, 2019, *Minecraft* has sold 176 million copies across all platforms, making it the best-selling video game of all time, and the ninth best-selling video game franchise of all time.

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