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 Beta", which includes the music that was added in later versions of the game. A physical release of "Volume Alpha", consisting of CDs, black vinyl, and limited-edition transparent green vinyl LPs, was issued by indie electronic label Ghostly International on 21 August 2015. The game can run on multiple operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. Apart from "Minecraft: Java Edition" and "Minecraft" for Windows 10, there are other versions of "Minecraft" for PC, including "Minecraft Classic", "Minecraft 4k", and "Minecraft: Education Edition". "Minecraft Classic" is an older version of "Minecraft" that was first available online and can currently