I was talking to a friend about old games, and Minecraft came up. We both couldn’t remember the exact year it was released. Can someone confirm when Minecraft officially came out, and was it the same date worldwide or different for some regions?
Minecraft was later released on November 18, 2011. It previously had an early version of the beta in 2009. The date of its official release was the same all over the world.
Minecraft has an interesting release history. The game was first made available to the public as a pre-alpha version on May 17, 2009, by Markus “Notch” Persson. Over the next few years, it went through various updates and beta phases, with the official full release hitting on November 18, 2011. That 2011 release is usually what people refer to as Minecraft’s “official” launch.
As for the release timing, it was mostly a worldwide launch on that date, though digital platforms like PC, Xbox, and later mobile versions had slightly staggered releases over the years. For example, Minecraft Pocket Edition and console editions came later, so some regions technically got access at different times. But the core Java Edition, which started it all, hit globally on that November 18, 2011 date.
