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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 an avatar that can destroy or create blocks, forming fantastic structures, creations and artwork across the various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes.
Minecraft is currently in beta, available to players for €14.95 (~$21/~£13). Beta singleplayer and Beta multiplayer, when purchased, can be played in the user's web browser, or using the downloadable client. Minecraft Classic is available to play for free. Minecraft development started around the 10th of May 2009, pre-orders for the full game started being accepted on the 13th of June 2009. Minecraft's official release date is planned to be on the 18thth of November 2011, which is in Template:Releasedate days.
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Explanation of the various gamemodes and features used in Minecraft.
- Current gamemodes
- Creative • Survival
- Planned gamemodes
- Adventure • Capture the Flag
- Tutorials
- New Player Tutorials
- General Tutorials
- Mechanism Tutorials
- Technical Tutorials
- Blocks
- Detailed information on the various blocks available in Minecraft.
- Items
- Detailed information on the various items available in Minecraft.
- Crafting Recipes
- A list of the craftable items and blocks in Minecraft and their corresponding recipes.
- Smelting Recipes
- A list of the smeltable items and blocks in Minecraft and their corresponding recipes.
- Mobs
- Information about the various friendly and non-friendly creatures found in Minecraft.
- 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.
News:
- September 27, 2001 - Curse announces their "Win a trip to Minecon" contest.
- September 23, 2011 - Beta 1.9 Pre-release "leaked". Read more.
- September 14, 2011 - Beta 1.8 released. Read more.
- August 16, 2011 - Pocket Edition Alpha for Xperia PLAY released.
- MineCon 2011 - November 18–20, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV
- July 29, 2011 - Minecraft has been nominated in the European Games Awards.
- Official mod support
- More achievements
- Online sync for statistics and achievements
- More underwater content!
- A new Sky Dimension [1] [2]
- More playable Music Discs for the Jukebox
- Xbox Edition
- Minecraft Links
- Minecraft Wiki Partners
- Servers
- Documentation on starting and maintaining a server.
- 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.
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