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 and has never been commercially advertised except through word of mouth, and various unpaid references in popular media such as the "Penny Arcade" webcomic. By April 2011, Persson estimated that "Minecraft" had made €23 million (US$33 million) in revenue, with 800,000 sales of the alpha version of the game, and over 1 million sales of the beta version. In November 2011, prior to the game's full release, "Minecraft" beta surpassed 16 million registered users and 4 million purchases. By March 2012, "Minecraft" had become the 6th best-selling PC game of all time. , the game has sold 17 million copies