Minecraft

Minecraft is a sandbox game developed by Mojang Studios. The game was created by Markus "Notch" Persson in the Java programming language.

Initial release date: November 18, 2011

Designers: Markus Persson, Jens Bergensten

Developers: Mojang Studios, Other Ocean Interactive, 4J Studios, Xbox Game Studios

Nominations: Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Videogame, MORE

Genres: Survival game, Open world, Action-adventure game, Sandbox, Indie game, Third-person shooter, Nonlinear gameplay