Minecraft is a sandbox video game in which players explore a world of blocks, gather resources, build structures and survive against hostile creatures. It was created by the Swedish programmer Markus Persson, known as Notch, and developed by his company Mojang. A prototype was released in 2009, and the full version came out in November 2011 after a long period of public testing. The game has no fixed goal, and players can play creatively or in a survival mode. It became one of the best-selling video games of all time, and in 2014 Microsoft bought Mojang. It has been used in education and has a vast community of modders.
Before and after
- 2011Release of Messenger
- 2011Construction of Abraj Al Bait
- 2011Founding of Moscow Exchange
- 2011Release of WeChat
- 2011Release of Minecraft
- 2011Construction of Juventus Stadium
- 2011Discovery of Gliese 667 Cc
- 2011Video Games
- 2011Known exoplanets pass 500
More in Science & technology
- 1949Discovery of berkelium
- 1955Discovery of mendelevium
- 14 February 1961Discovery of lawrencium
- 9 November 1994Discovery of darmstadtium
- 8 December 1994Discovery of roentgenium
- 1996Discovery of copernicium
The era
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