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History of Minecraft

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  • The Cave Game

    The Cave Game

    Markus Persson creates Cave Game the precursor to Minecraft.
  • Minecraft released

    Minecraft released

    Minecraft is released on TIGS Forums.
  • Focused on Minecraft

    Focused on Minecraft

    Markus Persson quits his job to work on Minecraft.
  • Minecraft in development

    Minecraft in development

    Minecraft goes into development.
  • Minecraft Indev

    Minecraft Indev

    Minecraft goes into infinite development.
  • Indev ends

    Indev ends

    Minecraft indev succeeds. Minecraft goes into alpha.
  • Mojang is created

    Mojang is created

    Mojang is created by Markus Persson and Jakob Porser

  • Beta

    Minecraft goes into beta.
  • Minecraft PE

    Minecraft PE

    Minecraft Pocket Edition is released for mobile devices.

  • Minecraft left beta

    Minecraft leaves beta and goes into version 1.0.
  • Markus steps down

    Markus steps down

    Markus Persson lets Jens Bergensten take the lead of Minecraft.

  • Xbox 360

    Mojang releases Minecraft for Xbox 360.

  • Playstation

    Minecraft is announced for Playstation.

  • Sources

    Sources