MineCon and a costume competition. The event is also featuring info and pre/post show events. During the event, Mojang announced "", a dungeon-crawler spin-off of "Minecraft". At some MINECONs, attendees have received an exclusive in-game cape. MineCon MineCon is a convention for the video game "Minecraft", hosted by Mojang. The first gathering in 2010 was known as MinecraftCon. The MINECON 2011 convention was held in Las Vegas and celebrated the launch of the game with "Minecraft"-related discussion panels and gaming areas. The most recent convention, held in Anaheim, had 12,000 attendees. The latest event, known as MineCon Earth, took place on
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