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 Microsoft announced a new tool, "Minecraft: Education Edition", which would be designed specifically for classroom use and which would continue on the legacy of "MinecraftEdu" to teach a wide variety of subjects using Minecraft. In "The Parent's Guidebook to Minecraft", author Cori Dusmann denotes that homeschooling and "Minecraft" make for an interesting match, as creating simple mods can be an "illustration of scientific principles," to which homeschooling providers are receptive. The idea of introducing Minecraft into school curriculums was resisted by Tom Bennett, who serves as an adviser to the British government. According to Bennett, Minecraft was a gimmick, and