The History Of Minecraft





2009-2011
2009-

May: Notch (creator) starts working on the game at the minute called the Cave Game but the first version came out called Minecraft

December: Minecraft goes into development stage. Lots of things come in, including crafting

2010-

January: 100,000 official registered minecraft players!

June: Minecraft goes to Alpha stage. Game updates started coming

August: First Minecraft minecon. 50 people go.

December: Minecraft wins Indie game of the year from IndieDB and Minecraft Beta is released New things are Egg throwing and more

2011

March: Minecraft wins GDC Award for best debut game, best downloadable game and Game Innovation spotlight.

July: 10 million official registered Minecraft players

October: The pocket edition is released.

November: Minecon held at las vegas 5000 people attend.

For 2012-13 click here