Minecraft is an indie sandbox computer game created by Swedish programmer Markus Persson and published by his company Mojang AB. Persson published the initial version of the game in 2009; At the end of 2011, a stable version was released for Microsoft Windows PCs, distributed through the official website. In subsequent years, Minecraft was ported to Linux and macOS for personal computers; on Android, iOS and Windows Phone for mobile devices; for game consoles PlayStation 4, Vita, VR, Xbox One, Nintendo 3DS, Switch and Wii U. In 2014, Microsoft acquired the rights to Minecraft together with Mojang AB for $2,5 billion.
Minecraft will give away free Christmas gifts to all players
Special offer
Mojang guys developing Minecraft presented a New Year's event, which will be held from December 21 to January 17. During the pre-Christmas event, all players will receive gifts, including character creation items and cards for the Bedrock and Java versions. The action will be reinforced by a massive sale with discounts up to 75%.
It also became known that Minecraft set a record on YouTube, becoming the first game with a trillion views. For this, gamers will receive a set of YouTube Creator Skin. You can pick it up during the year in the in-game store.
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