the first version of minecraft came out on 18 november 2011.
the first version of minecraft came out on 18 november 2011.
when did the first version of minecraft come out?
18 november 2011
mojang moved the game out of beta and released the full version on 18 november 2011. the game has been continuously updated since the release, with changes ranging from new game content to new server hosts. on 1 december 2011, jens "jeb" bergensten took full creative control over "minecraft", replacing persson as lead designer. on 28 february 2012, mojang announced that they had hired the developers of the popular server platform "craftbukkit" to improve "minecraft"s support of server modifications. this acquisition also included mojang apparently taking full ownership of the craftbukkit modification, although the validity of this claim was questioned due to its status as an open-source project with many contributors, licensed under the gnu general public license and lesser general public license. on 15 september 2014, microsoft announced a $2.5 billion deal to buy mojang, along with the ownership of the "minecraft" intellectual property. the deal was suggested by persson when he posted a tweet asking a corporation to buy his share of the game after receiving criticism for "trying to do the right thing". it was arbitrated on 6 november 2014, and led to persson becoming one of "forbes" "world's billionaires". the orginal version of the game was renamed to "minecraft: java edition" on 18 september 2017 to separate it from "bedrock edition", which was renamed to just "minecraft" by the "better together update".
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multiplayer in "minecraft" is available through direct game-to-game multiplayer, lan play, local split screen, and servers (player-hosted and business-hosted). it enables multiple players to interact and communicate with each other on a single world. players can run their own servers, use a hosting provider, or connect directly to another player's game via xbox live. single-player worlds have local area network support, allowing players to join a world on locally interconnected computers without a server setup. "minecraft" multiplayer servers are guided by server operators ("op" for short), who have access to server commands such as setting the time of day and teleporting players. operators can also set up restrictions concerning which usernames or ip addresses are allowed or disallowed to enter the server. multiplayer servers have a wide range of activities, with some servers having their own unique rules and customs. one of the largest and most popular servers is hypixel, which is visited by over 14 million players. player versus player combat (pvp) can be enabled to allow fighting between players. many servers have custom plugins that allow actions that are not normally possible. in 2013, mojang announced "minecraft realms", a server hosting service intended to enable players to run server multiplayer games easily and safely without having to set up their own. unlike a standard server, only invited players can join realms servers, and these servers do not use ip addresses. "minecraft: java edition" realms server owners can invite up to twenty people to play on their server, with up to ten players online at a time. "minecraft" realms server owners can invite up to 3000 people to play on their server, with up to ten players online at one time. the "minecraft: java edition" realms servers do not support user-made plugins, but players can play custom "minecraft" maps. "minecraft" realms servers support user-made add-ons, resource packs, behavior packs, and custom "minecraft" maps. at electronic entertainment expo 2016, it was announced that realms would enable "minecraft" to support cross-platform play between windows 10, ios, and android platforms starting in june 2016, with xbox one and nintendo switch support to come later in 2017, and support for virtual reality devices. on 31 july 2017, mojang released the beta version of the update allowing cross-platform play. nintendo switch support for realms was released in july 2018.
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