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This page's purpose is to retrace the history of all events related to Minecraft, Mojang and its employees in a less targeted manner than the different Version history pages.


Births of Mojang employees & staff

2009

April

  • 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 - Birth of Minecraft

June

August

October

  • 9 - Passwords can now be changed.[8]
  • 20 - Beginning of SURVIVAL TEST (PC 0.26).

December

2010

January

  • 13 - PC : Introduction of finite Water (Indev 0.31). Minecraft passes 100,000 registered users.[10]
  • 21 - Minecraft can now be gifted to non-premium players.[11]
  • 29 - PC : Introduction of the Crafting system (Indev 0.31).

February

June

July

August

September

October

December

2011

January

February

March

  • 2 - Scrolls, Mojang's second game, is announced on The Word of Notch.[23]
  • 4 - "Minecraft - Volume Alpha", the soundtrack of the game by C418, is released.
  • 31 - PC : Beta 1.4 released.

April

May

June

July

  • 1 - Minecraft passes 10 million registered users.[25]
  • 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.[26]

August

  • 5 - Notch receives a 15-pages letter from Bethesda Softworks, threatening him with a lawsuit if he doesn't 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".[27]
  • 14 - Marriage of Ez & Notch, an extra copy is offered to all people who purchase Minecraft on the 13th and 14th of August.[28]
  • 16 - Minecraft Pocket Edition Alpha 0.1.0 officially released (Android only).

September

November

December

2012

January

  • 12 - PC : 1.1 released.
  • 18 - As part of the worldwide protest against SOPA, Mojang establishes a blackout on all their sites for the entire day.[31]
  • 24 - LEGO announces that the LEGO Minecraft project has passed the 10,000 required votes.[32]

February

March

  • 1 - PC : 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 released.
  • 2 - PC : 1.2.3 released.
  • 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.[34]
  • 22 - PC : 1.2.4 released.

April

May

June

  • 1 - "Micro World", the first LEGO Minecraft set, is released (coincidentally with Notch's birthday) and available on the LEGO online shop.[35]
  • 15 - XB : 1.1 released.

July

  • 16 - XB : Skin Pack 1 released. It includes 45 skins inspired by Minecraft, "Halo", "Fable" and "Gears of War" amongst others as well as new skin designs.
  • 18 - XB : Summer Of Arcade Promotional Skin Pack is available (until August 22, 2012). It includes 15 skins inspired by various arcade games such as "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" and "Deadlight".

August

  • 1 - PC : 1.3.1 released (1.3 was skipped for practical purposes).
  • 2 - MineCon 2012 is officially announced on a promotional video to be in Disneyland Paris on November 24–25.
  • 15 - Notch and Ez divorce.[36][37]
  • 16 - PC : 1.3.2 released.
  • 24 - XB : Skin Pack 2 released. It includes 45 skins inspired by Minecraft, "Left 4 Dead", "Perfect Dark" and "Gears of War" amongst others as well as new skin designs.

September

October

  • 16 - XB : 1.2 released.
  • 17 - XB : Skin Pack 3 released. It includes 45 skins inspired by Minecraft, "Half-Life", "Portal" and "Left 4 Dead" amongst 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 - PC : 1.4.2 released (1.4 & 1.4.1 were skipped for practical purposes).
  • 26 - XB : Halloween Skin Pack is available (until November 26, 2012). It includes 55 Halloween-themed skins, including 7 with capes.

November

  • 6 - Minecraft gift cards are available in physical stores in the US.[38] This is the first time Minecraft can be bought without a credit card.
  • 14 - PC : 1.4.4 released. (including 1.4.3)
  • 15 - PE : Alpha 0.5.0 released for both iOS & Android.
  • 20 - PC : 1.4.5 released.
  • 24 - MineCon 2012 is held at Disneyland Paris, France.
  • 25 - Second day of MineCon 2012. MineCon 2012 capes released. Minecraft 1.5, also known as "The Redstone Update" is announced.

December

2013

January

  • 9 - PC : 1.4.7 released.
  • 30 - XB : 1.3.1 released.

February

March

  • 13 - PC : 1.5 released.
  • 21 - PC : 1.5.1 released.

April

  • 1 - Minecraft 2.0 announced as an April Fools joke.
  • 4 - XB : 1.4 (TU9) released.
  • 5 - Minecraft for Computer surpasses 10 million sales.

June

July

  • 1 [41] - PC : Minecraft 1.6, also known as "The Horse Update" is released.
  • 8 - 1.6.2 was released with many bugfixes (current version).
  • 31 - Minecon 2013 tickets went on sale.

August

  • 6 - More Minecon details were announced.
  • 15 - PE : Alpha 0.7.3 released.
  • 20 - Minecraft was announced for the PlaySation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita.[42][43]
  • 23 - TU 12 Released for Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition.

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": http://notch.tumblr.com/post/107676487/minecraft-order-of-the-stone
  4. Name shortened to "Minecraft": http://notch.tumblr.com/post/109140423/yeah-thats-the-logo-amazing-stuff
  5. Accounts introduced: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/110745397/you-can-register-your-accounts-now
  6. Official Minecraft Forum: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/112349891/theres-an-official-forum-now
  7. Notch's new job at Jalbum: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/113753678/turning-30-is-scary
  8. Password change allowed: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/208358495/password-changing-and-password-reset
  9. Dock becomes the Minecraft Artist: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/295397619/the-minecraft-artist-is-dock
  10. 100,000 registered Minecraft users: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/332073543/100-000-registered-users
  11. Minecraft can be gifted: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/345869954/as-per-demand-you-can-now-gift-the-game
  12. Dock is no longer involved with the project: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/372279446/dock-is-no-longer-involved-with-the-project
  13. 200,000 copies sold: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/709098848/20000-wow
  14. First over-the-internet test of SMP: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/846133399/first-over-the-internet-test-of-survival-mode
  15. 4-days trip in the US: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/977394407/lots-of-stuff-going-on-behind-the-scenes
  16. Minecraftcon in Bellevue: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1008498266/how-about-a-somewhat-spontaneous-minecraftcon-2010-in
  17. Classic is back: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1172759051/sound-music-and-classic
  18. Happy birthday Mojang: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/11518566613/happy-birthday-us
  19. Jeb and Junkboy join the team: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2060360123/bug-update-4-and-were-six-people-in-the-office-now
  20. Introduction of Gift Codes: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2337459192/websites-and-gift-codes
  21. Mollstam and Manneh join the team: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2582321901/2011-here-we-go
  22. 1 million copies sold: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2718210316/exclamation-mark
  23. Scrolls announced: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/3597302583/ah-i-forgot
  24. Pocket Edition revealed: http://www.mojang.com/2011/05/minecraft-pocket-edition/
  25. 10 million registered Minecraft users: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/7128013309/10m
  26. Minecraft T-Shirts on BF:Hereos: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8253302905/you-can-get-minecraft-themed-t-shirts-in-bf-heroes-this
  27. 15-pages letter from Bethesda's lawyers: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8519901309/bethesda-are-suing-us-heres-the-full-story
  28. Minecraft wedding weekend offer: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8829997577/wedding-weekend
  29. Jeb becomes Minecraft lead developer: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/13633493969/och-med-dom-orden-sa-passar-jag-micken
  30. Notch first evokes LEGO Minecraft: http://notch.tumblr.com/post/13825100748/would-you-like-some-physical-lego-minecraft
  31. Mojang sites blackout against SOPA: http://twitter.com/notch/status/157865002177536001
  32. LEGO Minecraft passes LEGO review: http://legocuusoo.posterous.com/minecraft-lego-cuusoo-project-passes-lego-rev-54968
  33. LEGO Minecraft design revealed: http://legocuusoo.posterous.com/announcing-lego-minecraft-micro-world-the-thi
  34. Outcome of the Scrolls lawsuit: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/12/mojang-cant-use-scrolls-in-any-sequels-to-scrolls-lawsuit/
  35. LEGO Minecraft on LEGO store: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Minecraft-21102
  36. As of today, I am single: http://twitter.com/notch/status/235746965823033345
  37. I don't want to share details publicly: http://twitter.com/notch/status/235761517084147712
  38. Minecraft Gift Cards now available in the US: http://www.mojang.com/2012/11/minecraft-gift-cards-now-available-in-the-us/
  39. http://ign.com/articles/2013/06/10/e3-2013-minecraft-coming-to-xbox-one
  40. https://mojang.com/2013/06/minecraft-1-6-pre-release/
  41. https://mojang.com/2013/07/minecraft-the-horse-update/
  42. "It's happening! Minecraft coming to #PS4 :-)". Sony. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  43. "PS4, PS3 and Vita". Notch, Mojang. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
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