Changes

Its overall sales are more than 238 million copies (on all platforms), which exceeds the violent game Grand Theft Auto V and the puzzle game Tetris (170 million copies sold).<ref>https://moneyinc.com/how-much-is-the-tetris-video-game-franchise-worth/</ref>

Its overall sales are more than 238 million copies (on all platforms), which exceeds the violent game Grand Theft Auto V and the puzzle game Tetris (170 million copies sold).<ref>https://moneyinc.com/how-much-is-the-tetris-video-game-franchise-worth/</ref>

This is called a "sandbox game" and was created by [[Swedish]] game developer [[Markus Persson]] and later maintained by his company, Mojang AB. It was developed outside of any major studio in Persson's spare time illustrating a [[best of the public]] approach to game design. It has millions of players, and has been voted the top [[download]]able game by PCGamer.<ref>^ a b Persson, Markus. "[http://www.minecraft.net/statistics Minecraft – Statistics]". Mojang. Archived from the original on 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2011-01-13.</ref>  It is a sandbox building game originally written in [[java]] code by the Swedish indie gamer, Markus Persson.<ref>[http://www.minecraft.net/game/credits creator of minecraft]</ref> Official releases for iOS and Android have been released and the full version of the PC game was released on November 18, 2011 at MineCon(Minecraft Convention) 2011. The [[Google Android|Android]] release was temporarily exclusive to the Xperia Play but is now available to the rest of the Android market. A version of the game for [[Xbox 360]] was released in 2012. The gameplay is heavily inspired by Infiniminer by Zachtronics Industries, and Dwarf Fortress by Bay 12 Games. In 2014 [[Microsoft]] acquired Minecraft for 2.5 billion US [[Dollar]]s.  

This is called a "sandbox game" and was created by [[Swedish]] game developer [[Markus Persson]] and later maintained by his company, Mojang AB. It was developed outside of any major studio in Persson's spare time illustrating a [[best of the public]] approach to game design. It has millions of players, and has been voted the top [[download]]able game by PCGamer.<ref>^ a b Persson, Markus. "[http://www.minecraft.net/statistics Minecraft – Statistics]". Mojang. Archived from the original on 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2011-01-13.</ref>  It is a sandbox building game originally written in [[java]] code by the Swedish indie gamer, Markus Persson.<ref>[http://www.minecraft.net/game/credits creator of minecraft]</ref> Official releases for iOS and Android have been released and the full version of the PC game was released on November 18, 2011, at MineCon(Minecraft Convention) 2011. The [[Google Android|Android]] release was temporarily exclusive to the Xperia Play but is now available to the rest of the Android market. A version of the game for [[Xbox 360]] was released in 2012. The gameplay is heavily inspired by Infiniminer by Zachtronics Industries, and Dwarf Fortress by Bay 12 Games. In 2014 [[Microsoft]] acquired Minecraft for 2.5 billion US [[Dollar]]s.  

__TOC__

__TOC__

==History==

==History==