When did the first version of minecraft come out

Minecraft, the brainchild of ex-King developer Markus "Notch" Persson and Swedish game dev studio Mojang, has had a meteoric rise to success in the video game industry.

But when did it all begin?

By 2009, Notch had been working on prototype games in his off-time, particularly one he coined "RubyDung," inspired by games like Dwarf Fortress. When a block-based game known as "Infiniminer" was released, Notch was motivated to take "RubyDung" to the next level. Separating his game from Infiniminer by adding RPG elements, the game that would become Minecraft would begin development in May of 2009.

Minecraft: Alpha and beta versions and the game's full release

On May 17, 2009, Minecraft's initial build on the Java platform was released to the public. It was tweaked due to forum feedback, and its alpha version would release on June 30, 2010. As the sales of Minecraft's alpha version rose, Notch would leave his day job and work on the game full-time. This gamble would pay off, and Notch's updates led to content releases such as new blocks and the now-popular Survival Mode.

To foundationally support Minecraft's development, Notch founded Mojang with early sales money made from the alpha. On December 20, 2010, Minecraft entered its beta phase, and Notch maintained that future updates and content releases would remain free.

Less than a year later, Minecraft emerged from its beta phase and the full game was released to the public on November 18, 2011. A few weeks later, Notch would pass creative control of Minecraft to Jens "Jeb" Bergensten, a co-developer of Minecraft who had now become its lead designer.

Minecraft's popularity skyrocketed. By 2014, Microsoft (among many other video game giants such as Blizzard and Electronic Arts) expressed huge interest in acquiring Minecraft's intellectual property. Microsoft pulled the trigger and purchased Mojang and the game's IP in September of 2014 after Notch suggested that a corporate interest buy his share of Minecraft. This has been linked due to some criticism Notch received that was regarding the game's End User License Agreement (EULA) and the rules for online multiplayer servers.

The sale was finalized in November 2014, and Mojang was purchased for $2.5 billion, making Notch an overnight appearance on Forbes' billionaires list. After this acquisition, Notch left Mojang and left control to Jeb for the company and the game's new era under the Microsoft umbrella.

Since 2014, Minecraft's popularity has only swelled thanks to dedicated and consistent content updates, additional versions on many different platforms, and a huge merchandising and marketing campaign including partnerships with LEGO. Minecraft's standard protagonist "Steve" has even been featured in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch.

Minecraft began as a pet project and rose quickly to become one of the most successful and popular video games of all time. Millions of players of all ages have enjoyed its simplicity, but also its in-depth nuances and mechanics. It's unlikely Minecraft's popularity will be slowed or matched for a very long time, and its dedicated player base is more than happy about that.

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10 years ago, a little known Swedish video game developer released a 3D building block game on a website forum full of other indie game developers.

Since then, Minecraft has sold more than 176 million copies, making it possibly the best selling video game of all time.

Markus “Notch” Persson was the guy who created the game. He released the initial version, now known as "Minecraft Classic," on May 17, 2009.

It quickly became popular without the need for any traditional marketing -- almost all news of the game was spread by word of mouth on the internet and social media.

Notch then formed his own company, Mojang, hired some help, and as the game continued to grow in popularity, quit his day job to develop the game full time. Soon, it was available on multiple platforms, including PC, iOS, Android, Xbox and PlayStation.

Microsoft took notice. It purchased Mojang five years later for "a smooth 2.5 BILLION dollars."

“Minecraft is more than a great game franchise – it is an open world platform, driven by a vibrant community we care deeply about, and rich with new opportunities for that community and for Microsoft," said Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, in 2014.

Notch said he sold Mojang because he didn't "want the responsibility of owning a company of such global significance."

Microsoft, meanwhile, kept the updates and variations coming with the game being released in virtually every country around the world. Then in 2016, Microsoft released an education version of Minecraft which schools across the United States began incorporating into their curriculum, praising the way the game teaches children to be creative and solve problems.

There's even a new version to celebrate 10 years of Minecraft. "Minecraft Earth" an all-new free-to-play augmented reality game for mobile phones that combines what gamers have learned to love about Minecraft with Azure Spatial Anchors AR tracking and PlayFab integration.

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Updates per year[]

This is a list of how many release and development versions there have been every year for each edition of the game.

Java Edition[]

Bedrock/Pocket Edition[]

Legacy Console Edition[]

• 6 Xbox 360 updates (TU8–TU13), 3 PS3 updates (1.0–1.02)

• 7 Xbox 360 updates (TU1–TU7)

MinecraftEdu/Education Edition[]

• 3 major updates (1.0.27 - 1.7), 1 minor update (1.0.28)

• 3 minor updates (1.0.17 - 1.0.21)

• 6 major MinecraftEDU updates (1.2 - 1.8.9 (Build 1)), 5 minor MinecraftEDU updates (1.3 - 1.8.7)

• 3 major MinecraftEDU updates (0.99 - 1.0), 3 minor MinecraftEDU updates (0.991 - 1.1)

• 1 major MinecraftEDU update (0.1), 1 minor MinecraftEDU update (0.4)

2009[]

April 2009[]

• 29 – Infiniminer is released, a game by Zachtronics Industries (creators of the critically acclaimed 2011 puzzle game SpaceChem), whose concept mainly inspired Notch for Minecraft.[1] It was regularly updated and became open-source less than a month later.[2]

May 2009 – Birth of Minecraft[]

June 2009[]

August 2009[]

• 4 – Java: First elements of Survival shown.
• 18 – Java: Introduction of Health shown.

October 2009[]

December 2009[]

2010[]

January 2010[]

February 2010[]

June 2010[]

July 2010[]

August 2010[]

September 2010[]

October 2010[]

December 2010[]

2011[]

January 2011[]

February 2011[]

March 2011[]

• 2 – Scrolls, Mojang's second game, is announced on The Word of Notch.[25]
• 4 – "Minecraft - Volume Alpha", the soundtrack of the game by C418, is released.
• 31 – Java: Beta 1.4 released.

April 2011[]

• 19 – Java: Beta 1.5 released.

May 2011[]

June 2011[]

July 2011[]

• 1 – Minecraft passes 10 million registered users.[27]
• 30 – Minecraft T-shirts are made available on Battlefield Heroes for the 30-31 of July week-end only as a form of "neighborly friendly cross-promotion" between DICE and Mojang.[28]

August 2011[]

• 5 – Notch receives a 15-page letter from Bethesda Softworks, threatening him with a lawsuit if he does not change the name "Scrolls" (which is too close to "The Elder Scrolls", according to Bethesda) for his next game. A little while before this, Notch had already been warned by Bethesda's lawyers about this problem, and had suggested a compromise in which he would never put any word before "Scrolls".[29]
• 8 – Henrik "Carnalizer" Pettersson joins the Mojang team.[30]
• 14 – Marriage of Ez & Notch, all people who purchase Minecraft on the 13th and 14th of August can receive an extra copy for free.[31]
• 16 – Minecraft: Pocket Edition v0.1.0 officially released (Xperia PLAY only).

September 2011[]

• 14 – Java: Beta 1.8 "Adventure Update" released.

November 2011[]

December 2011[]

2012[]

January 2012[]

• 12 – Java: Java Edition 1.1 released.
• 16 - Edu: 0.9652 released.
• 18 – As part of the worldwide protest against SOPA, Mojang establishes a blackout on all their sites for the entire day.[34]
• 24 – LEGO announces that the LEGO Minecraft project has passed the 10,000 required votes.[35]

February 2012[]

March 2012[]

• 1 – Java: Java Edition 1.2.1 released (1.2 was skipped for practical purposes).
• 12 – The "Elder Scrolls vs. Scrolls" lawsuit has an outcome: Mojang can call their game "Scrolls", but no sequel using this name will be allowed.[38]
• 22 - Edu: 0.97 released.

April 2012[]

May 2012[]

• 9 – Xbox 360 Edition TU1 officially released.
• 18 - Edu: 0.98 released.

June 2012[]

• 1 – "Micro World", the first LEGO Minecraft set, is released (coincidentally with Notch's birthday) and available on the LEGO online shop.[39]

July 2012[]

• 4 - Edu: 0.981 released.
• 13 – Legacy Console: Xbox 360 Edition TU3 released.
• 16 – Legacy Console: Skin Pack 1 released. It includes 45 skins inspired by Minecraft, "Halo", "Fable" and "Gears of War" among others as well as new skin designs.
• 18 – Legacy Console: The Summer Of Arcade Promotional Skin Pack was made available through August 22, 2012. It included 15 skins inspired by various arcade games such as "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" and "Deadlight".
• 25 - Edu: 0.982 released.

August 2012[]

• 1 – Java: Java Edition 1.3.1 released (1.3 was skipped for practical purposes).
• 1 - Edu: 0.983 released.
• 2 – MINECON 2012 is officially announced on a promotional video to be in Disneyland Paris on November 24–25.
• 15 – Notch and Ez divorce.[40][41]
• 24 – Legacy Console: Skin Pack 2 released. It includes 45 skins inspired by Minecraft, "Left 4 Dead", "Perfect Dark" and "Gears of War" among others as well as new skin designs.

September 2012[]

• 6 – PE: v0.4.0 released for both iOS & Android.
• 13 – PE: First Fire release (v0.4.0).

October 2012[]

• 5 - Edu: 0.9832 released.
• 16 – Legacy Console: TU5 released.
• 17 – Legacy Console: Skin Pack 3 released. It includes 45 skins inspired by Minecraft, "Half-Life", "Portal" and "Left 4 Dead" among others as well as new skin designs.
• 24 – Mojang starts the Minecraft Bug Tracker, an online tool that simplifies the communication of found game issues between the players and the developers.
• 25 – Java: Java Edition 1.4.2 "Pretty Scary Update" released (1.4 & 1.4.1 were skipped for practical purposes).
• 26 – Legacy Console: Halloween Skin Pack was made available through November 26, 2012. It included 55 Halloween-themed skins, including 7 with capes.

November 2012[]

• 6 – Minecraft gift cards are available in physical stores in the US.[42] This is the first time Minecraft can be bought without a credit card.
• 15 – PE: v0.5.0 released for both iOS & Android.
• 24 – MINECON 2012 is held at Disneyland Paris, France.
• 25 – Second day of MINECON 2012. MINECON 2012 capes released. Java Edition 1.5, also known as "The Redstone Update" is announced.

December 2012[]

2013[]

January 2013[]

• 9 - Edu: 0.984 released.
• 30 – PE: v0.6.0 released.

February 2013[]

• 11 – PI: Minecraft: Pi Edition Alpha 0.1.1 officially released.

March 2013[]

April 2013[]

• 1 – Java: Minecraft 2.0 announced as an April Fools joke.
• 4 – Legacy Console: TU9 released.
• 5 – Minecraft for Java surpasses 10 million sales.
• 8 – Aleksandra "MissMarzenia" "Ola" Zając joined Mojang as customer support agent.
• 18 - Minecraft Launcher is officially released.

May 2013[]

June 2013[]

July 2013[]

August 2013[]

• 6 – More MINECON 2013 details were announced.
• 20 – Minecraft was announced for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita.[45][46] The PS4 edition will be released on the same day the PS4 gets released for North America (November 15),[47] and Europe, Australia, and Latin America (November 29).
• 23 – Legacy Console: TU12 released.

September 2013[]

• 2 – Minecraft for Java surpasses 12 million sales.
• 4 – Legacy Console: Mass Effect Mash-up Pack released.[48]
• 19 - Edu: 0.985 released.

October 2013[]

November 2013[]

• 2–3 – MINECON 2013 is held at Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida.
• 10 - Edu: 0.9875 released.
• 18 – Ryan "TheMogMiner" Holtz starts at Mojang as developer for the Java edition.
• 20 – Legacy Console: Skyrim Mash-up Pack released.[51]

December 2013[]

2014[]

January 2014[]

February 2014[]

• 26 – Java: 1.7.5 is released.
• 27 – Realms is launched in Nordic countries.

March 2014[]

• 26 – Legacy Console: TU14 is released.
• 27 – PS3: 1.04 is released along with Skin Packs 1, the Battle & Beasts skin pack as well as the City and Plastic texture packs all released as available DLC.

April 2014[]

May 2014[]

• 6 – Realms is launched in more countries in Asia and Europe.
• 9 – Realms is launched in the Oceania region.
• 19 – Realms is launched globally in all remaining countries.

June 2014[]

• 26 – Java: 1.7.10 is released.[53]

July 2014[]

• 10 – PE: v0.9.0 released.
• 25 – PE: First Fire Phone release (v0.9.1).

September 2014[]

October 2014[]

• 14 – Legacy Console: Minecraft released for PlayStation Vita.

November 2014[]

December 2014[]

2015[]

January 2015[]

February 2015[]

March 2015[]

April 2015[]

May 2015[]

June 2015[]

July 2015[]

August 2015[]

September 2015[]

October 2015[]

• 11 – PE: Minecraft Pocket Edition Alpha 0.12.2 released for Android, Fire OS, Windows Phone and Windows 10.
• 13 – Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC/Mac.
• 14 – PE: Minecraft Pocket Edition v0.12.2 released for iOS.
• 14 – Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone released for Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
• 15 – Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone released for iOS, Android and Fire OS.
• 22 – PE: Minecraft Pocket Edition v0.12.3 released for Android.
• 22 – Minecraft is nominated for a BAFTA Children's Award in the Game category.
• 23 – PE: Minecraft Pocket Edition v0.12.3 released for iOS, Fire OS and Windows 10.
• 23 – Legacy Console: Minecraft TU30, CU18 and 1.21 released for all Console Editions, respectively.
• 27 – Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 2: Assembly Required released.

November 2015[]

December 2015[]

2016[]

January 2016[]

February 2016[]

March 2016[]

April 2016[]

May 2016[]

June 2016[]

July 2016[]

• 26 – Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 7: Access Denied released.

August 2016[]

September 2016[]

October 2016[]

• 3 – Maria Lemón joins Mojang as a developer for the Java edition.
• 4–5 – Legacy Console: Minecraft TU43, CU33, 1.36 and Patch 13 ("Banners, Blocks, Beets & Bears" update) released on all Console Editions, respectively.
• 17 – Mariana "RazzleberryFox" Graham, known to the community for her work on the DecoCraft mod, joins Mojang as Animator, Modeler and Texture Artist.
• 21 – PE: Minecraft: Pocket Edition v0.16.0 "Boss Update" released.
• 25 – Java: A new Minecraft launcher, under development by Nathan Adams and Måns Olson, enters public beta testing.
• 27 – Apple CEO Tim Cook announced an edition of Minecraft for the Apple TV, featuring cross-play between that platform and iOS devices, to be released by the end of year 2016.

November 2016[]

December 2016[]

2017[]

January 2017[]

• 13 – Minecraft announced for the Nintendo Switch.
• 18 – Minecraft: Pocket Edition for Windows Phone is no longer supported. There will no longer be any updates.

February 2017[]

• 2 – Minecraft: Story Mode is nominated a Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Video Game, for the second year in a row.
• 8 – Java: The first 1.12 snapshot (17w06a) is released.
• 22 – Minecraft: Pocket Edition for Windows 10 Mobile received an update to version 1.0.3. Only Windows Phone is not supported.

March 2017[]

• 28–29 – Legacy Console: Minecraft TU51, CU41, 1.44 and Patch 20 released on all Console Editions, respectively, adding a Glide Mini Game mode.

April 2017[]

• 7 – PC: Closed beta for Chinese version of Minecraft announced in Beijing.
• 10 – Official Minecraft Marketplace announced for Pocket and Windows 10 Edition, a feature for players to buy community-made content directly in-game, to be added along with the Minecraft: Pocket Edition Discovery Update.

May 2017[]

June 2017[]

July 2017[]

August 2017[]

• 8 – PC: Open beta for Chinese version of Minecraft was released.
• 8 – Mojang announces MINECON Earth, an interactive live show that can be accessed by anyone for free, and "Official Community Events", smaller MINECON-like events that take place in various regions.
• 15–17 – Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two: Episode 2 - Giant Consequences released.
• 22 – Minecraft: Story Mode released on the Nintendo Switch.

September 2017[]

October 2017[]

November 2017[]

December 2017[]

2018[]

January 2018[]

• 19 – Minecraft hits 74 million active players and 144 million total sales.[60]
• 24 – Mojang announces that the features of 1.13 will be merged with what was originally planned to be 1.14, and released at a later date as one update: Update Aquatic.[61]

February 2018[]

• 22 - Education: Chemistry Update is released as 1.0.27.

March 2018[]

• 15 – Minecraft: The Crash is announced as the second Minecraft novel.[62]

April 2018[]

• 6 - Education: 1.0.28 released.
• 10 – MINECON Earth 2018's date is announced for September 29th, 2018.[63]
• 14 – The Coral Crafters regrowth project is announced.[64]
• 26 – Mojang announces the co-hosts of MINECON Earth 2018.[65]

May 2018[]

June 2018[]

• 5 – Bedrock: 1.4.3 released exclusively for iOS.
• 7 – Bedrock: 1.4.4 released exclusively for Android, Fire OS, and Fire TV.
• 12 - Education: Update Aquatic is released as 1.4.
• 13 – Netflix is revealed to add Minecraft: Story Mode to its service in late 2018 in an exclusive by TechRadar.[67]
• 21 – Bedrock Edition released on Nintendo Switch.[68]

July 2018[]

• 10 – Bedrock: 1.5.0, Phase Two of the Update Aquatic, released.[69]
• 18 – Java: Java Edition 1.13, the Update Aquatic, released.[70]
• 19 – Bedrock: 1.5.1 released for Switch.
• 20 – Bedrock: 1.5.1 released for all other platforms.
• 24 – Bedrock: 1.5.2 released for all platforms except Fire OS and Fire TV.
• 25 – Bedrock: 1.5.2 released for Fire OS and Fire TV.

August 2018[]

September 2018[]

October 2018[]

November 2018[]

December 2018[]

2019[]

January 2019[]

• 8 – Bedrock: 1.8.1 released for all platforms.[74]
• 11 – Peter Sollett is announced as the director for Minecraft: The Movie, along with a release of the plot synopsis.
• 15 – Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition was discontinued, final update for this version also launched this day too, The Discovery Update.

February 2019[]

• 5 – Bedrock: 1.9.0 released.[75]
• 25 - PlayStation 4: 1.88 released.

March 2019[]

April 2019[]

May 2019[]

June 2019[]

• 3 - PlayStation 4: Village & Pillage is released as 1.91.
• 25 – Java: 1.14.3 released.[90]
• 25 - Story Mode: Minecraft: Story Mode Season 1 & 2 took down from stores and stopped being supported.

July 2019[]

• 9 – Bedrock: 1.12.0 released for all devices except Android.
• 10 – Bedrock: 1.12.0 released for Android[91][91]
• 16 – Minecraft Earth released as a closed beta in London and Seattle, with other cities soon to follow.[92]
• 19 – Java: 1.14.4 released.[93]

August 2019[]

September 2019[]

October 2019[]

November 2019[]

December 2019[]

2020[]

January 2020[]

February 2020[]

• 4 - Bedrock: 1.14.20 released for Switch.
• 5 – Java: The first Java Edition 1.16 snapshot (20w06a) is released.
• 11 – Bedrock: 1.14.30 released for all platforms except Switch.[114]
• 11 – Earth: 0.12.0 released.[110]
• 18 – Bedrock: 1.14.30 released for Switch.
• 27 – Earth: 0.13.0 released.[110]
• 29 – This is the first leap day on which no new game version was released; 2012 had 1.2 and 2016 had 1.9.

March 2020[]

April 2020[]

• 14 – Earth: 0.16.0 released.[110]
• 15 – Bedrock: 1.14.60 released.[116]
• 15 - Legacy console: The final update releases (PlayStation 3 & Vita 1.84), which discontinues legacy console edition.
• 28 – Earth: 0.17.0 released.[110]

May 2020[]

• 6 – Earth: 0.17.1 released.[110]
• 11 – Earth: 0.17.2 released.[110]
• 17 - Minecraft : Minecraft turns 11 and Mojang change their name from Mojang to Mojang Studios, also refreshing the Minecraft logo.
• 18 - Minecraft surpassed over 200 millions copies sold
• 20 – Earth: 0.18.0 released.[110]
• 26 – Minecraft Dungeons released to the public.[117]

June 2020[]

July 2020[]

• 1 – Bedrock: 1.16.1 released for Fire TV.
• 3 – Bedrock: 1.16.1 released for Nintendo Switch.
• 6 – Bedrock: 1.16.1 released for iOS.
• 8 – Bedrock: 1.16.1.03 released for PlayStation 4.[121]
• 16 – Bedrock: 1.16.1.04 released for PlayStation 4.[121]
• 16 – Earth: 0.21.0 released.[110]
• 21 – Bedrock: 1.16.10 released for iOS, Windows 10, Android, Gear VR, and Windows 10 Mobile.[123]
• 31 – Earth: 0.22.0 released.[110]

August 2020[]

September 2020[]

October 2020[]

November 2020[]

December 2020[]

2021[]

January 2021[]

February 2021[]

March 2021[]

April 2021[]

May 2021[]

June 2021[]

July 2021[]

August 2021[]

• 9 - Bedrock: 1.17.11 released.[162]
• 11 - Dungeons: 1.10.3.0 released.[163]

September 2021[]

October 2021[]

November 2021[]

December 2021[]

• 2 - Bedrock: 1.18.1 released on PlayStation.
• 6 - Bedrock: 1.18.1 released for other platforms except Switch.
• 9 - Bedrock: 1.18.2 released.
• 10 – Java: 1.18.1 released.[169]
• 14 - Education: 1.17.31 released.
• 14 – Dungeons: 1.12.0.0 released.[170]
• 15 – Minecraft surpassed 1 Trillion views on YouTube, becoming the first ever franchise in any media to reach this milestone.[171]
• 17 – Dungeons: 1.12.1.0 released for PC only.[172]

2022[]

January 2022[]

February 2022[]

March 2022[]

• 16 - Java: The first Java Edition 1.19 snapshot (22w11a) is released.

April 2022[]

May 2022[]

June 2022[]

July 2022[]

August 2022[]

September 2022[]

References[]

1. ↑ Infiniminer released: http://thesiteformerlyknownas.zachtronicsindustries.com/?p=713
2. ↑ Infiniminer is now open-source: http://thesiteformerlyknownas.zachtronicsindustries.com/?p=689
3. ↑ "Minecraft: Order of the Stone": https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/107676487/minecraft-order-of-the-stone
4. ↑ Early private singleplayer alpha coming very soon: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/108652448/early-private-singleplayer-alpha-coming-very-soon
5. ↑ Name shortened to "Minecraft": https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/109140423/yeah-thats-the-logo-amazing-stuff
6. ↑ Accounts introduced: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/110745397/you-can-register-your-accounts-now
7. ↑ Official Minecraft Forum: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/112349891/theres-an-official-forum-now
8. ↑ Notch's new job at Jalbum: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/113753678/turning-30-is-scary
9. ↑ Password change allowed: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/208358495/password-changing-and-password-reset
10. ↑ Dock becomes the Minecraft Artist: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/295397619/the-minecraft-artist-is-dock
11. ↑ 100,000 registered Minecraft users: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/332073543/100-000-registered-users
12. ↑ Minecraft can be gifted: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/345869954/as-per-demand-you-can-now-gift-the-game
13. ↑ Dock is no longer involved with the project: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/372279446/dock-is-no-longer-involved-with-the-project
14. ↑ 20000! Wow. :) https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/709098848/20000-wow
15. ↑ First over-the-internet test of SMP: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/846133399/first-over-the-internet-test-of-survival-mode
16. ↑ 4-days trip in the US: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/977394407/lots-of-stuff-going-on-behind-the-scenes
17. ↑ Minecraftcon in Bellevue: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1008498266/how-about-a-somewhat-spontaneous-minecraftcon-2010-in
18. ↑ Kappische joins the team: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1114516935/three-man-strong
19. ↑ Classic is back: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1172759051/sound-music-and-classic
20. ↑ Happy birthday Mojang: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/11518566613/happy-birthday-us
21. ↑ Jeb and Junkboy join the team: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2060360123/bug-update-4-and-were-six-people-in-the-office-now
22. ↑ Introduction of Gift Codes: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2337459192/websites-and-gift-codes
23. ↑ Mollstam and Manneh join the team: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2582321901/2011-here-we-go
24. ↑ 1 million copies sold: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2718210316/exclamation-mark
25. ↑ Scrolls announced: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/3597302583/ah-i-forgot
26. ↑ Pocket Edition revealed: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://www.mojang.com/2011/05/minecraft-pocket-edition/
27. ↑ 10 million registered Minecraft users: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7128013309/10m
28. ↑ Minecraft T-Shirts on BF:Hereos: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8253302905/you-can-get-minecraft-themed-t-shirts-in-bf-heroes-this
29. ↑ 15-page letter from Bethesda's lawyers: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8519901309/bethesda-are-suing-us-heres-the-full-story
30. ↑ "New addition to the Mojang team: Welcome graphical artist @carnalizer!" – @carlmanneh (Carl Manneh) on Twitter, August 8, 2011
31. ↑ Minecraft wedding weekend offer: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8829997577/wedding-weekend
32. ↑ Jeb becomes Minecraft lead developer: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/13633493969/och-med-dom-orden-sa-passar-jag-micken
33. ↑ Notch first evokes LEGO Minecraft: https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/13825100748/would-you-like-some-physical-lego-minecraft
34. ↑ "Decided. We'll silently take down http://minecraft.net and http://www.mojang.com on the 18th in protest of SOPA." – @notch (Markus Persson) on Twitter, January 18, 2012
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62. ↑ "New Book Alert: The Crash" – Minecraft.net, March 15, 2018
63. ↑ "MINECON Earth 2018: save the date!" – Minecraft.net, April 10, 2018
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66. ↑ "Update Aquatic Phase One is out Now!" – Minecraft.net, May 16, 2018
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101. ↑ - 1.13.3 (iOS Only) – feedback.minecraft.net
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104. ↑ "Buzzy Bees Out Now In Bedrock" – Minecraft.net
105. ↑ "Bedrock Is Coming To PS4" – Minecraft.net
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External links[]

• Official 10th anniversary timeline by Mojang