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Annual interactive live stream and fan convention

Minecon
Minecon logo.png
Status Active
Genre Video games
Frequency Annual
Venue Various
Inaugurated eighteen Nov 2011; x years ago  (2011-11-18)
Organised by Mojang
Website Official website Edit this at Wikidata

Minecon (alternatively capitalised every bit MineCon or MINECON), later renamed to Minecon Earth, Minecon Live, Minecraft Live and Minecraft Festival, is an annual interactive live stream and fan convention about the video game Minecraft, hosted by Mojang.[1] The first gathering in 2010 was known as MinecraftCon. The Minecon 2011 convention was held in Las Vegas and celebrated the launch of the game with Minecraft-related give-and-take panels and gaming areas. The most recent convention, held in Anaheim, had 12,000 attendees. Since 2017, Minecon has taken the form of an interactive live stream, and as such Minecon 2016 was the last in-person convention to conduct the Minecon name. However, like conventions, now to be known as Minecraft Festival, will exist held in the time to come.

Events by year [edit]

2010 [edit]

MinecraftCon 2010 was a gathering of more than 30 people at Bellevue, Washington, on 31 August. Markus Persson made an appearance at the run into-upwards when several requests were made for a community run into-up, so he chosen on the community to pick no specific venue.[2]

2011 [edit]

five,000 people attended the first official MineCon convention held in Las Vegas on 18 Nov 2011.[three] The convention focused on celebrating the game's release and hosted Minecraft-related word panels, and invited people to play the game with others while at the convention.[iii] There were keynote speeches from members of the community, edifice contests, costume contests and exhibits. One of the many events at MINECON was the "Under Party", an event for those aged 21 and over, featuring Canadian DJ deadmau5. This consequence also marked the release of Minecraft i.0 to the public, officially taking the game out of beta. It was likewise the first time that Minecraft on the Xbox 360 panel was showtime shown and played outside of the evolution.

2012 [edit]

On 2 August 2012, Mojang announced that the 2012 MineCon convention would accept identify in the Paris Disneyland Park on 24 and 25 November.[4] [5] The annunciation was made over the social networking platform Twitter when the game's creator, Markus Persson, posted a short trailer revealing the new convention location.[4] The video shows Mojang team members wearing Disney paraphernalia, and Persson comments to lead developer Jens Bergensten, "I retrieve they are trying to tell us something".[vi] [vii] Joystiq's JC Fletcher said that the site was a "footstep up" from the first MINECON'due south location in Las Vegas.[5] The second annual convention was the showtime held outside of the United states of america, making it available to European fans who might not have been able to attend the first.[8] It was held in the wake of Minecraft's growing popularity as the Xbox 360 version of the game sold 3 million copies.[8] 2012 was also the showtime of several in-game unofficial MINECONs, notably a Virtual MINECON,[9] which although an unofficial event, was attended by a fellow member of the Mojang Team.[x] Many in-game MINECONs have announced an intent to render with the start of the next MINECON.[eleven]

The convention in 2012 was attended by four,500 fans.[ane] Mojang made several announcements at the 2012 convention. Details about the one.5 "Redstone" update were revealed likewise as information on the game's modding API.[12]

2013 [edit]

In April 2013, Lydia Winters revealed that MINECON 2013 would be held in the Us.[13] Jens Bergensten later said that it would exist on the e declension.[14] On 27 June, it was announced on Mojang's YouTube Channel that MINECON 2013 volition be held in Orlando, Florida.[15] The website for the Orangish County Convention Centre had listed MineCon every bit an upcoming event in November, with an attendance of 7,500,[16] but and then removed the event from the web page.[16] Tickets went on sale in three batches each of ii,500 tickets on 31 July, 2 August, and 3 August. The kickoff batch of 2,500 tickets was sold out in three seconds, according to Mojang COO Vu Bui.[17] The event took place on 2 and 3 Nov.

2014 (cancelled) [edit]

On 30 March 2014, Lydia Winters revealed in a tweet that MINECON 2014 would be held in Europe.[18] However, on 21 August 2014, Vu Bui created a blog post, stating that there would exist no MineCon 2014, but instead the next MineCon would be in Spring 2015 in London.[xix] This was later used on the panel edition's tips as "Nobody remembers where Minecon 2014 was held."[ citation needed ]

2015 [edit]

External video
video icon MineCon 2015 Opening Ceremony Animation

The Expo Hall at MineCon 2015

A man in a light gray shirt on stage holding a microphone being jostled by two other people in red shirts.

A group of panelists is on a stage with one man being projected onto a large screen above them.

Popular Minecraft content creators participate and interact with fans and other creators at Minecon. Height centre: Joseph Garrett (stampylonghead) with two co-hosts in 2015. Bottom: Jordan Maron (CaptainSparklez) on a console in 2016.

On 2 February 2015, Vu Bui announced MINECON 2015 would be held in London, at the ExCeL London Exhibition and Conference Middle on 4 and 5 July 2015.[20] Ticket prices were announced on 18 March 2015 and were set at £129. During the opening ceremony on 4 July 2015 it was announced past Guinness World Records that MineCon won the world record for the well-nigh attendance for a convention that is solely for one game, selling 10,000 tickets.[21] [22]

2016 [edit]

On vii March 2016, Mojang announced in a blog post that MINECON 2016 would be held in Anaheim, California, at the Anaheim Convention Middle on 24 and 25 September 2016.[23] They announced new features during that time, such every bit the Minecraft novel, Minecraft: The Island, and an update coming to the panel versions of the game.[24]

2017 [edit]

On 8 August 2017, Mojang announced that MINECON would be taking the class of an interactive livestream on xviii November 2017, dubbed "MINECON Globe".[25] The host of MINECON Earth is Will Arnett, a Canadian actor. Later on this announcement came the introduction of 'Official Community Events', which allow events such as Minefaire, Minevention and Multiplay's BlockFest to exist considered 'Official Minecraft Conventions'. During MINECON Earth, developers announced the next major update, the "Update Aquatic"; this update was released in July 2018. Vu Bui, COO of Mojang Studios, also announced the winning mob based on a community vote: "The Monster of The Night Skies", later named the "phantom".[26]

2018 [edit]

On 10 April 2018, Mojang announced that MINECON Earth would be taking place on 29 September 2018 for 90 minutes on stream.[27] [28] During the outcome, Mojang announced Minecraft Dungeons, a dungeon-crawler spin-off of Minecraft, and features of the upcoming "Village & Pillage" update, which was released in April 2019. Viewers voted for 1 of three in-game biomes to exist updated in the adjacent update;[29] the Taiga biome won the vote.

2019 [edit]

On 17 May 2019, MINECON Live 2019 was announced to be held on 28 September of that yr, irresolute the name of the issue from "MINECON Earth" to "MINECON Live" to avert confusion with their new game Minecraft Globe.[30] [31] Like the previous twelvemonth, viewers were able to vote for new features to be added to one of three in-game biomes in a post-obit update;[32] the Mountains biome won the vote. During the livestream, developers of the game announced the "Nether Update". An early on admission release date of Minecraft Globe was also announced to be for Oct 2019.[33]

2020 [edit]

On 28 September 2019, Mojang announced Minecraft Festival, an in-person issue that was to be held in Orlando, Florida, on 25–27 September 2020.[34] Due to the fears surrounding the COVID-nineteen pandemic the main issue was postponed to be online while Minecraft Alive, the livestream portion of the event, still happened.[35] [36] The livestream aired on Oct iii, 2020.[37]

The livestream included a mob vote, where users could vote about which Minecraft creature should exist added into the adjacent update.[38] The three options were Iceologer, Moobloom and Glow Squid, with the Glow Squid winning.[39] [xl] The livestream also provided details on Minecraft's adjacent big update, "Caves & Cliffs".[41]

2021 [edit]

Minecraft Alive was announced to be held on October 16, 2021.[42] It featured a alive mob vote, like previous years, with the options consisting of the Copper Golem, the Glare, and the Allay, the concluding of which won the vote. The show also appear the theme of the next major update, chosen The Wild Update, which volition overhaul the swamp biome and add an hush-hush biome called the Deep Dark, which was originally planned for the Caves & Cliffs update part 2.[43]

2022 [edit]

On September 28, 2019, information technology was appear that there volition be a Minecraft Festival, an in-person commemoration of Minecraft, in Orlando, Florida, September 25, 2020.[44]

Minecraft Festival was postponed from September 25, 2020, to the aforementioned appointment in 2021, then to former in 2022 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.[36] [42]

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External links [edit]

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