Minecraft Timeline

• 17^th May 2009 - Was the first release of the game.
• 21^st May 2009 – Accounts can now be registered.
• 24^th May 2009 – Official Minecraft forum is opened.
• 8^th June 2009 – Multiplayer was first released.
• 20^th October 2009 - Beginning of survival test.
• 29^th January 2010 – introducing of the crafting system
• 17^th June 2010 – Minecraft passes 20,000 sales.
• 22^nd July 2010 – First over internet test of survival mode on multiplayer.
• 16^th October 2010 – Mojang was founded by Notch.
• 22^nd December 2010 – Minecraft beta version was released.
• 12^th January 2011 – Minecraft reaches a million sales.
• 1^st July 2011 – Minecraft passes 10 million registered users.
• 16^th August 2011 - Minecraft pocket edition was released for IOS.
• 9^th May 2012 – released on Xbox 360.
• 13^th December 2013 – Minecraft surpasses 13 million sales.
• 4^th September 2014 – PlayStation four edition released.
• 5^th September 2014 – Minecraft Xbox One edition released.
• 10^th December 2014 – Pocket edition released for windows phone.
• 30^th June 2015 – Minecraft surpasses 20 million sales.
• 13^th October 2015 – Minecraft story mode released.
• 17^th December 2015 – Minecraft Wii U edition released.
• 2^nd June 2016 – Minecraft sold over 100 million times across all platforms and becomes one of the bestselling games ever.
• 27^th June 2016 – Minecraft announces release of Minecraft the Movie.
• 10^th December 2017 – Minecraft hits 74 million hits 74 million active players and 144 million total sales.