Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox construction game created by Markus Persson / Notch, the manager of Mojang Specifications. Minecraft is currently in pre-release alpha, available to players currently for €9.95, (roughly $14 USD) but will cost €20.00 when finished. Alpha's singleplayer and multiplayer, when purchased, can be both played in either the user's web browser, or using the downloadable client. Minecraft classic (Version 0.30) is available at minecraft.net for free, as well as a test version of survival mode here. Minecraft development started around the 10th of May 2009, pre-orders for the full game started being accepted on the 13th of June. It was inspired by Infiniminer.

The game involves players creating and destroying various types of blocks in a three dimensional environment. The player takes an avatar that can destroy or create blocks, forming fantastic structures, creations and artwork across the various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes.