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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 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. On September 20, 2014, *Java Edition* became the best-selling PC game of all time and has reached 28 million sales as of March 26, 2018.

On August 16, 2011, *Minecraft: Pocket Edition*, the first edition to use the Bedrock Edition codebase, was released for the Sony Xperia Playgaming 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 Editionwas 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 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.

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.

As of January 20, 2018, *Minecraft* has sold 144 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.

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.

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. *Pocket Edition*, *Windows 10 Edition*, *Gear VR Edition*, and *Fire TV Edition* were all merged under the single title of *Minecraft*, and *Xbox One Edition*was discontinued and replaced by a new port of Bedrock Edition to the platform.