Release of Minecraft

Date: November 18, 2011 • Location: Rome, Italy

The sandbox video game Minecraft exited beta with the official release of version 1.0.

Minecraft is a sandbox video game developed and published by the Swedish company Mojang Studios. Following its initial public alpha release as an early access title on 17 May 2009, it was formally released on 18 November 2011 for personal computers. The game has since been ported to numerous platforms, including mobile devices and various video game consoles.