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Minecraft

Minecraft Wiki contributors. n.d. “Minecraft.” Minecraft Wiki.

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Minecraft Wiki: Minecraft
Original
https://minecraft.wiki/w/Minecraft
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9c59901ba1a3d0a8e884c17fee8786a774dd37fd50705987e12fe7c9f4e4be81
Archived
https://web.archive.org/web/20261011143328/https://minecraft.wiki/w/Minecraft
Accessed
2026-10-26
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Credit
Minecraft Wiki editors; the lead and the awards table are used here.
Notes
The game's overview (developer, first release, 1.0 date, Notch and Jeb) and its awards table. Used for the awards and for the one-line statement of who developed it; the developer's own posts carry the history quotes.

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The earliest public version the Minecraft Wiki lists, Classic 0.0.11a, is dated 17 May 2009; the earlier 0.0.9a and 0.0.10a were a private alpha. The full release of the Java Edition followed on 18 November 2011 on PC and Mac.leadWiki
The Minecraft Wiki says Markus "Notch" Persson developed Minecraft almost on his own until Jens "Jeb" Bergensten took over its development.leadWiki
Mojang announced on 15 September 2014 that Microsoft was buying the company for 2.5 billion dollars, because Persson, its creator and majority shareholder, didn't want the responsibility of owning a company of such significance, and that the founders Notch, Carl, and Jakob were leaving. The Minecraft Wiki dates the purchase to 6 November 2014.leadDev blog
The Minecraft Wiki's awards table lists Minecraft as the winner of the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and the Audience Award at the 2011 Independent Games Festival, and of Best Debut Game at the 11th Game Developers Choice Awards, both on 2 March 2011.Awards table, 2011 Independent Games Festival and 11th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards rowsWiki