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About Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox construction game, inspired by Infiniminer, Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper, created by Markus Persson, the founder of Mojang AB. The game involves players creating and destroying various types of blocks in a three-dimensional environment. The player takes on an avatar that can destroy or create blocks, forming fantastic structures, creations, and artwork, on multiplayer servers and singleplayer worlds across multiple game modes.

Minecraft is available to players for €19.95 ($26.95). Singleplayer and multiplayer, when purchased, can be played in the user's web browser, or using the downloadable launcher. Minecraft Classic is available to play for free. Minecraft development started around the 10th of May 2009, and pre-orders for the full game started being accepted on the 13th of June 2009. Minecraft's official release date was the 18th of November 2011.

On the 16th of August 2011, Minecraft - Pocket Edition was released for the Xperia Play. After its exclusivity with Sony expired, it was released for Android devices on the 7th of October 2011, and iOS devices on the 17th of November 2011. On the 9th of May 2012, Minecraft was released for the Xbox 360 on Xbox Live Arcade for 1600 Microsoft Points ($20.00), where it soon shattered every previous sales record.

Gameplaycategory
Gameplay

Explanation of the various game modes and features used in Minecraft.

Current game modes
CreativeSurvivalHardcoreAdventure
Planned game modes
Capture the Flag
Recipes
Crafting
Smelting
Brewing
Tutorials
New player tutorials
General tutorials
Mechanism tutorials
Technical tutorials
Blockcategory
Popular and useful pages
Blocks
Detailed information on the various blocks available in Minecraft.
Items
Detailed information on the various items available in Minecraft.
Enchanting
Information about enchanting.
Mobs
Information about the various friendly and non-friendly creatures found in Minecraft.
Trading
Detailed information about villager trading.
Redstone circuits
Information about redstone circuits.
Texture packs
Various texture packs that alter the look and feel of the game.
Modifications
Various modifications that alter the gameplay.
Updates, news and events
News
Version history
Upcoming features
Servericon
Servers and development
Servers
Documentation on starting and maintaining a server.
Official bug tracker
Official bug tracker for tracking bug reports and fixes for the PC, Pocket, and Xbox editions.
Development resources
Documentation and information to develop applications to work with Minecraft.
Programs and editors
A list containing several third-party programs that are designed to work with Minecraft.
Custom servers
Documentation and information about custom servers, along with a list of them.
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