History of Minecraft

  • minecraft is published

    First released as an Alpha in May of 2009, Minecraft quickly became a prime example of Indie development at its best. The game, a virtual sandbox, has garnered much support and a huge following online.
  • Minecraft was made

    Markus Persson creates the “Cave Game,” a thing before minecraft that inspired minecraft.
  • Minecraft is almost done

    Development of Indev ends. Indev is succeeded by Infdev, which stands for Infinite Development.
  • Minecraft PE is released

    Minecraft has sold over 12 million copies in the US,
    and over 33 million copies everywhere in the world.
  • minecraft pocket edition

    Minecraft Pocket Edition is released as an Xperia Play exclusive on the Android Market (now Google Play).
  • minecraft for mobile devices

    Minecraft PE is made available for all compatible devices.
  • Minecraft becomes known

    Minecraft leaves beta, entering Version 1.0.
  • minecraft for more than a computer

    Minecraft for the Playstation is announced.
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