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In a bit of an odd move, it was announced by Minecraft creator Notch today that the game will leave beta and be a "final" release on November 11, 2011.
Where have we heard that date before?
However, in other news, Notch said he's adding in weather effects since the achievement feature is still broken. He will also add in the community made piston mod but probably won't make it in time for the 1.5 update next week.
It’s a bit tricky to really do a release for Minecraft as we keep updating it all the time. For one, the version we deem as the “full version” won’t be very different at all from what the game was like a week ago, and we’ll keep adding features after the release as well, so it’s really more of a milestone when we finally get rid of the Beta label, and some kind of goal for us to work towards. The plan is to be open with this and try to get people to cheer us on as much as possible, but to be open with the fact that the game won’t change much at the actual release day. (It’s more a progress up until that point)
We picked November 11, with the unofficial tagline “us too”.
We picked November 11, with the unofficial tagline “us too”.
Where have we heard that date before?
However, in other news, Notch said he's adding in weather effects since the achievement feature is still broken. He will also add in the community made piston mod but probably won't make it in time for the 1.5 update next week.