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 its release, the "Minecraft VR" mod was discontinued by its developer due to trademark complaints issued by Microsoft, and "Vivecraft" was endorsed by the community makers of the "Minecraft VR" modification due to its Rift support and being superior to the original "Minecraft VR" mod. Also available is a Gear VR version, titled "Minecraft: Gear VR Edition". Windows Mixed Reality support was added in 2017. The only officially supported VR versions of "Minecraft" are "Minecraft: Gear VR Edition" and "Minecraft" on Windows 10 for Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. A wide variety of user-generated downloadable content for "Minecraft",