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 (soundtrack) a potential upcoming third album for "Minecraft"′s soundtrack, stating "I’ll still work on Minecraft, so there’ll probably be another album". In 2017, Rosenfeld confirmed the future release, claiming "[the album] is still far from done". "Minecraft – Volume Alpha" was first released on Rosenfeld's Bandcamp account, and later released on other digital download services. On 21 August 2015, a physical release of the album, consisting of CD and vinyl, was issued by Ghostly International. "Minecraft – Volume Beta" was completely self-released by Rosenfeld, released on his bandcamp account and other digital download services on 9 November 2013. Minecraft (soundtrack) The