The game was first released in alpha form on and the full version was officially released with patch 1.0 on November 18, 2011. The hit indie game was originally created by Markus 'Notch' Persson, as the game gained popularity, Notch founded a company called Mojang, which now develops the game with Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten as the new Lead Developer of Minecraft. A PlayStation Vita version has also been released. Minecraft has also joined the next-gen console world by being released on the PlayStation 4 on Septem& the Xbox One on September 5, 2014. As of January 24, 2014, it has sold over 1 million copies. Minecraft on the 360 has sold over 12 million copies since its release in May, 2012.Ī PlayStation 3 version of the game was released on December 17, 2013.

On May 9, 2012, Minecraft was also released for the Xbox 360 console, selling 400,000 copies in the first 24 hours and breaking previous Xbox Live Arcade sales records. There is also a Pocket Edition available on Android and iOS which has sold over 30 million copies. It is available to play on PC/Mac, and to this date, has sold over 20 million copies. Minecraft is one of the most successful indie games of all time, millions of users on multiple platforms login to play it each month. It also has a save game feature, which allows players to share their own custom made world with others. The PC/Mac version of Minecraft has full third-party modding support and there are thousands of custom user created mods, texture packs and skins available to download and use. Minecraft is a sandbox style game, which allows players to create their own world with blocks, kind of like the video game equivalent of Lego! It can be played on both singleplayer and multiplayer and features four different game modes Creative, Survival, Adventure and Hardcore.

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