Minecraft accolades. Social media, parodies, adaptations, merchandise, and the MineCon convention played large roles in popularizing the game. It has also been used in educational environments ("Minecraft Education Edition"), especially in the realm of computing systems, as virtual computers and hardware devices have been built in it. By late 2018, over 154 million copies had been sold across all platforms, making it the second best-selling video game of all time, behind "Tetris". In September 2014, Microsoft announced a deal to buy Mojang and the "Minecraft" intellectual property for , with the acquisition completed two months later. Spin-off games, such as "",
Minecraft mods the Bukkit add-on to work on an official modding API, allowing mod developers easier access to the "Minecraft" game files. In May 2015, Mojang announced on social media that they were "still working" on this API, despite announcing it over three years ago. Concern arose following Microsoft's acquisition of Mojang in late 2014. Members of the modding community feared that "Minecraft"s new American owners would put an end to Mojang's established practice of giving free rein to mod developers. Despite the concerns, Microsoft has not announced any changes to Mojang's policies. In April 2015, Microsoft announced that it was adding