Minecraft Reaches Beta Status, Price Goes Up

Posted by Soulskill on Monday December 20, 2010 @11:23PM from the another-notch-in-the-belt dept.

Eric writes "After over a year of development, Minecraft has hit Beta status today. Minecraft was developed for about a week before its public release on May 17, 2009. With the new milestone, the price of the game has increased to €14.95; when Minecraft moves beyond beta status, it will sell for €20.00. The beta is more focused on polish and content. The aim is to add proper modding support via a stable API, some kind of non-intrusive narrative to help drive the game experience early on, and a late-game goal. Updates will be less frequent, so as to make sure stability is maintained thanks to more extended testing. Despite this, there have already been two beta releases: client and server Beta 1.0 followed quickly by client 1.0_01."

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Re:The real question going through my mind is.. by Ailure · 2010-12-20 23:32 · Score: 4, Informative

Yes, Notch got his money. :)
Re:Preorder now! by TheThiefMaster · 2010-12-20 23:51 · Score: 5, Informative

Beta purchasers are not eligible for the unlimited future updates, unfortunately.
They are eligible for all updates up until the final release, and all bugfixes, though.