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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 USD). 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 May 10, 2009, and pre-orders for the full game started being accepted on June 13, 2009. Minecraft's official release date was November 18, 2011. On August 16, 2011, Minecraft - Pocket Edition was released for the Xperia Play. After its exclusivity with Sony expired, it was released for Android devices on October 7, 2011, and iOS devices on November 17, 2011 for $6.99 USD. On May 9, 2012, Minecraft was released for the Xbox 360 on Xbox Live Arcade for 1600 Microsoft Points ($20.00 USD), where it soon shattered every previous sales record. On November 24, 2012, Minecraft: Pi Edition was announced. When released, it will be based on the Pocket Edition and be exclusive to the Raspberry Pi.		Play it! Purchase the PC Edition! (Demo) Test the latest Development Snapshot! Purchase the Android Pocket Edition! (Demo) Purchase the iOS Pocket Edition! (Lite) Purchase the Xbox 360 Edition! (Demo) Current versions Computer 1.5.2 Development 13w19a Pocket Edition 0.6.1 Xbox 360 Edition TU11
Gameplay Explanation of the various game modes and features used in Minecraft. Current game modes Creative Survival Hardcore Adventure Planned game modes Capture the Flag Recipes Crafting Smelting Brewing Tutorials New player tutorials General tutorials Mechanism tutorials Technical tutorials	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 January 30, 2013 - Xbox 360 Edition 1.3.1 and Pocket Edition 0.6.0 released. January 9, 2013 - Minecraft 1.4.7 released. December 23, 2012 - Minecraft: The Story of Mojang released. December 20, 2012 - Minecraft 1.4.6 released. December 19, 2012 - Xbox 360 Edition 1.3 released. Version history Computer - Classic • Indev • Infdev • Alpha • Beta • Official Game • Snapshots Pocket Edition - Alpha Xbox 360 Edition - Official Game Upcoming features Computer - Redstone Update • Plugin API Pocket Edition - Online Multiplayer Xbox 360 Edition - The End
Links Official links Minecraft Mojang Mojang support Issue tracker Developer blog Facebook YouTube Steam Forums Minecraft Wiki partners Minecraft.de Minecraft Museum Minecraft Skins	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.	Wiki community There are 703 active users managing 2,629 articles! Recent changes | New pages | Missing pages How to help See how you can help contribute to the Minecraft Wiki! Register Register an account to keep track of your contributions. Wiki rules Community portal Frequently asked questions Wiki sandbox Propose pages here! Wiki pages New users come here.

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