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: Story Mode or themes. Elements of crafting and building were included in the gameplay which are central to "Minecraft". The game includes combat and other action sequences, carried out through both quick time events and more arcade-like controls, such as steering around debris on a road. "Minecraft: Story Mode" takes place in an interpretation of the world of "Minecraft". The main character Jesse is a passionate newbie Minecraft player who sets out on a journey with friends within the world of "Minecraft" to find The Order of the Stone (Gabriel, Ellegaard, Magnus, Soren, Ivor), five legendary adventurers who saved the "Minecraft" world.