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 that at first he was "too afraid to mod Minecraft at all", but learned to appreciate it when he realized that modding "Minecraft" is "pretty forgiving". Eddy does nevertheless mention that he feels Mojang's fast development pace regarding the main game has slowed down the progress of the most popular mods. Similarly, Benjamin Abbott of "Metro" agrees that adding mods to "Minecraft" is "a thorough pain in the backside", though he concedes that "the result is usually worth it". Matt Smith of "MakeUseOf" says he is disappointed with most of the "Minecraft" mods available, claiming they don't modify the game