Minecraft is a sandbox video game created and designed by Swedish game designer Markus "Notch" Persson, and later fully developed and published by Mojang. The creative and building aspects of Minecraft allow players to build with a variety of different cubes in a 3D  procedurally generated world. Other activities in the game include exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat.

Initial release date: 16 May 2009

Platforms: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, etc.

Designers: Markus Persson, Jens Bergensten

Developers: Mojang, 4J Studios

Founder: Markus Persson

Did you know: "Minecraft" is the best-selling PC game (27 million copies sold).