Minecraft timeline

·         May 10^th – Birth of Minecraft, development on Caveman started.

·         May 17^th – First release of the game

·         October 20^th – Beginning of SURVIVAL TEST

·         December 23^rd – Minecraft for Java passes to Indev development stage (Indev 0.31) (which requires a 5.00 € Premium Account to be accessed), introduction of Torches and dynamic lighting.

·         February 27^th – Minecraft for Java passes to Infdev development stage, introduction of infinite maps.

·         August 4^th – First release of Survival Multiplayer (Java Edition Alpha 1.0.15).

·         December 20^th – Minecraft for Java passes to Beta development stage (Beta 1.0), price raised from 10.00 € to 15.00 €.

·         August 16th – Minecraft: Pocket Edition Alpha 0.1.0 officially released (Xperia PLAY only).

·         November 18^th -  Minecraft 1.0.0 for Java edition is officially released, price is now 20.00 €.

·         May 9^th – Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition TU1 officially released.

·         February 11^th – PI: Minecraft: Pi Edition Alpha 0.1.1 officially released.

·         December 17^th – Console: Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition 1.0 officially released.

·         December 19^th – Minecraft Realms Beta was launched.

·         September 4^th – Console: Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition officially released.

·         September 5^th – Console: Minecraft: Xbox One Edition officially released.

·         September 15^th – Mojang and Minecraft are acquired by Microsoft for $2.5 billion.

·         October 14^th – Console: Minecraft released for PlayStation Vita.

·         July 29^th – W10: An adaptation of Minecraft: Pocket Edition is released for the universal Windows 10 platform.

·         December 17^th – Console: Minecraft: Wii U Edition officially released.

·         April 27^th – Gear VR : An adaptation of Minecraft: Pocket Edition is released for the Samsung Gear VR.

·         November 1^st – Minecraft: Education Edition officially launched.

·         December 19^th – Apple TV : An adaptation of Minecraft: Pocket Edition is released for the Apple TV.

·         December 19^th – Fire TV : An adaptation of Minecraft: Pocket Edition is released for the Amazon Fire TV.

·         May 11 – Console: Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition officially released.

·         September 13^th - Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition officially released.

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