Description
Minecraft (franchise)
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| Created by | Markus Persson |
| Original work | Minecraft (2011)[a] |
| Owner | Microsoft |
| Years | 2009–present |
| Print publications | |
| Book(s) | Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus “Notch” Persson and the Game That Changed Everything |
| Novel(s) | List of novels |
| Comics | Minecraft: The Manga |
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| Films and television | |
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| Short film(s) | LEGO Minecraft web shorts (2017–2019) |
| Web series | Minecraft Mini-Series (2017–2018) |
| Animated series | Untitled Minecraft animated series (TBA) |
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| Original music | Steve’s Lava Chicken |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Toy(s) | Lego Minecraft |
| Theme park attraction(s) | Minecraft themed area at Chessington World Of Adventures |
| Official website | |
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Minecraft is a media franchise developed from and centered around the video game of the same name. Developed by Mojang Studios (formerly known as Mojang AB) and Xbox Game Studios, which are owned by Microsoft Corporation, the franchise consists of five video games, along with various books, merchandise, events, board games, and a theatrical film. Microsoft acquired Mojang AB in 2014, alongside the Minecraft game and its editions.
Minecraft
Minecraft is a 3D survival sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios and owned by Microsoft, spanning multiple platforms. It was first released by the independent video game designer Markus Persson in 2009, before giving the development to Jens Bergensten in 2011 after the game’s full 1.0 update. The game has no specific goals to accomplish, allowing players a large amount of freedom in choosing how to play the game.[1] Gameplay is in the first-person perspective,[2] with the core gameplay modes being survival, in which players must acquire resources to build the world and maintain health (optionally with a “hardcore” limit, which deletes the world after the player dies); and creative, in which players have unlimited resources, no hunger and are able to fly. The game world is composed of voxels—cubes, commonly called “blocks”—representing various materials, such as dirt, stone, ores, tree trunks, water, and lava, which are arranged in a 3-dimensional grid. Gameplay revolves around picking up and placing these objects as the player pleases, while being able to move freely around the world.[3]
Spin-off games
| 2011 | Minecraft |
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| 2014 | |
| 2015 | Minecraft: Story Mode |
| 2016 | |
| 2017 | Minecraft: Story Mode – Season 2 |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | Minecraft Earth |
| 2020 | Minecraft Dungeons |
| 2021 | |
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| 2023 | Minecraft Legends |
Minecraft: Story Mode
Minecraft: Story Mode, an episodic spin-off game developed by Telltale Games in collaboration with Mojang, was announced in December 2014.[4][5][6] Consisting of five episodes plus three additional downloadable episodes, the standalone game is a narrative and player choice-driven, and it was released on Windows, OS X, iOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One via download on 13 October 2015. A physical disc that grants access to all episodes was released for the aforementioned four consoles on 27 October.[6] Wii U[7] and Nintendo Switch versions were available in 2017.[8][9] From late 2018 to 5 December 2022, it was only available on Netflix, where only the first five episodes were available.[10][11] The first trailer for the game was shown at Minecon on 4 July 2015, revealing some of the game’s features. In Minecraft: Story Mode, players control Jesse (voiced by Patton Oswalt and Catherine Taber),[6] who sets out on a journey with his or her friends to find The Order of the Stone—four adventurers who slayed an Ender Dragon—in order to save their world. Brian Posehn, Ashley Johnson, Scott Porter, Martha Plimpton, Dave Fennoy, Corey Feldman, Billy West and Paul Reubens portray the rest of the cast.[12]
Minecraft: Story Mode – Season 2
The second season was released from July to December 2017. It continued the story from the first season, with the player’s choices affecting elements within Season Two. Patton Oswalt, Catherine Taber, Ashley Johnson, and Scott Porter were confirmed to continue voicework for the new season. The game supports the new Crowd Play feature that Telltale introduced in Batman: The Telltale Series, allowing up to 2,000 audience members to vote on decisions for the player using Twitch or other streaming services.[13] It was shut down along with the original Minecraft: Story Mode, on 25 June 2019.[10]
Minecraft Earth
Minecraft Earth was an augmented reality sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios. A spin-off of the video game Minecraft, it was first announced in May 2019, and was available on Android, iOS, and iPadOS. The game allowed players to interact with the world and build Minecraft-style structures and objects that will persist and can be modified by other players. The game implemented the resource-gathering and many of the other features of the original game in an augmented-reality setting. The game had a beta release in July 2019.[14] The game was free-to-play, and was released in early access in October 2019. The game was shut down on 30 June 2021, and players who made in-game purchases on the app received a free copy of the Bedrock Edition.[15][16]
Minecraft Dungeons
Minecraft Dungeons is a dungeon crawler video game developed by Mojang Studios and Double Eleven. It was published by Xbox Game Studios. It is a spin-off of Minecraft and was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 26 May 2020. The game received mixed reviews; many deemed the game fun and charming, with praise for its visuals and music. However, its simple gameplay and use of procedural generation received a more mixed reception, with its short story and lack of depth criticized. It is a hack and slash-styled[17][18] dungeon crawler, rendered from an isometric perspective.[19] Players explore procedurally generated and hand crafted dungeons filled with new variants of existing Minecraft monsters and also deal with traps, puzzles, bosses and finding treasure.[20][21]
Minecraft Dungeons Arcade
In early 2021, Mojang announced an arcade adaptation version of Minecraft Dungeons associated with collectible cards.[22][23]
Minecraft Legends
Minecraft Legends is an action-strategy game developed by Mojang Studios and Blackbird Interactive, announced on 12 June 2022 and released on 18 April 2023.[24][25] It stopped receiving updates on January 10, 2024.[26]
