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Minecraft

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This article is about the video game. For the franchise, see Minecraft (franchise). For the Java Edition game data folder, see .minecraft. For the edition that uses the title "Minecraft", see Bedrock Edition. For other uses, see Minecraft (disambiguation).Minecraft

Author(s)	Mojang Studios (Credits) Xbox Game Studios (Bedrock and Education editions) SkyBox Labs (Bedrock Edition) 4J Studios (Legacy Console Edition) Other Ocean Interactive (New Nintendo 3DS Edition) NetEase (China Edition)
Platform(s)	Java Edition Bedrock EditionNative Backward-compatibleMinecraft Education China EditionJava EditionBedrock Edition Minecraft Classic 🌐 Web browser
Written in	Java (Java Edition) C++[1] (Bedrock/Education) JavaScript (Minecraft Classic)
Latest version	Java Edition: 1.19.3 (23w05a) Bedrock Edition: 1.19.51 (beta 1.19.70.20) (Preview 1.19.70.21) Minecraft Education: 1.18.45 (1.19.50.0)
Release date	Java EditionMay 17, 2009 (Classic)December 23, 2009 (Indev)February 27, 2010 (Infdev)June 30, 2010 (Alpha)December 20, 2010 (Beta)November 18, 2011 (Release)Minecraft 4kDecember 2, 2009Bedrock EditionAndroid: August 16, 2011iOS: November 16, 2011Fire OS: April 2, 2014Fire Phone: July 25, 2014Galaxy Store: Unknown[verify]Windows Phone 8.1: December 10, 2014Windows: July 29, 2015Gear VR: April 27, 2016Oculus Rift: August 15, 2016ChromeOS: September 2016Apple TV & Fire TV: December 19, 2016Windows 10 Mobile: February 22, 2017Xbox One: September 20, 2017Windows Mixed Reality: November 21, 2017Nintendo Switch: June 21, 2018iPadOS: September 24, 2019PlayStation 4: December 10, 2019PlayStation VR: September 22, 2020MinecraftEduNovember 5, 2011Legacy Console EditionXbox 360: May 9, 2012Xbox One: September 5, 2014PS3: December 17, 2013PS4: September 4, 2014PS Vita & PS TV: October 14, 2014Wii U: December 17, 2015[2]Nintendo Switch: May 11, 2017Pi EditionFebruary 11, 2013Minecraft EducationNovember 1, 2016[3]China EditionAugust 8, 2017[4]New Nintendo 3DS EditionSeptember 13, 2017[5]Minecraft ClassicMay 7, 2019
Rating(s)	See Java Edition, Bedrock Edition, Minecraft Education, China Edition
Size	See Java Edition, Bedrock Edition, Minecraft Education, China Edition
License	Terms of Use
Source available	Java Edition: Partial Bedrock/Education/China: No
Links	Web page

“	Prepare for an adventure of limitless possibilities as you build, mine, battle mobs, and explore the ever-changing Minecraft landscape.	„
	— minecraft.net on Minecraft

Minecraft is a 3D sandbox game originally created by Markus "Notch" Persson. It is maintained by Mojang Studios, a part of Xbox Game Studios, which in turn is part of Microsoft.

From its creation, Minecraft was developed almost exclusively by Notch until Jens "Jeb" Bergensten started working with him and has since become head of its development. It features music by Daniel "C418" Rosenfeld, Kumi Tanioka and Lena Raine and paintings by Kristoffer Zetterstrand. Initially released as what is now known as Minecraft Classic on May 17, 2009, the game was fully released on November 18, 2011. Since its release, Minecraft has expanded to mobile devices and consoles. On November 6, 2014, Minecraft and all of Mojang Studios' assets were acquired by Microsoft for US$2.5 billion.^[6][7] Notch has since left Mojang and is no longer working on Minecraft.

Minecraft focuses on allowing the player to explore, interact with and modify a dynamically-generated map made of one-cubic-meter-sized blocks. In addition to blocks, the environment features plants, mobs and items. Some activities in the game include building, mining for ore, fighting hostile mobs and crafting new blocks and tools by gathering various resources found in the game. The game's open-ended model allows players to create structures, creations and artwork on various competitive or collaborative multiplayer servers or their single-player maps. Other features include redstone circuits for logic computations and remote actions, minecarts and tracks, and a mysterious underworld called the Nether. A designated but completely optional goal of the game is to travel to a dimension called the End and defeat the ender dragon.