2012 was also the start of several in-game unofficial MINECONs, notably a Virtual MINECON, which although an unofficial event, was attended by a member of the Mojang Team. It was held in the wake of Minecraft's growing popularity as the Xbox 360 version of the game sold 3 million copies. The second annual convention was the first held outside of the United States, making it available to European fans who might not have been able to attend the first. Joystiq's JC Fletcher said that the site was a 'step up' from the first MINECON's location in Las Vegas. The video shows Mojang team members wearing Disney paraphernalia, and Persson comments to lead developer Jens Bergensten, 'I think they are trying to tell us something'. The announcement was made over the social networking platform Twitter when the game's creator, Markus Persson, posted a short trailer revealing the new convention location. On the 2nd of August 2012, Mojang announced that the 2012 MineCon convention would take place at Disneyland Paris on the 24th and 25th of November.

Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten talking about Minecraft modding at Minecon 2012 Markus Persson made an appearance at the meet-up when several requests were made for a community meet-up, so he called on the community to pick no specific venue. MinecraftCon 2010 was a gathering of more than 30 people at Bellevue, Washington, on the 31st of August. An attempt at returning to in-person events was prevented due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Įvents by year Timeline of Minecraft events The livestream was called Minecon Earth in 20, and was later renamed to Minecon Live in 2019 and Minecraft Live starting in 2020. Since 2017, Minecon has taken the form of an interactive livestream and, as such, Minecon 2016 was the last in-person convention to bear the Minecon name. The most recent in-person convention, Minecon 2016, held in Anaheim, had 12,000 attendees. The Minecon 2011 convention was held in Las Vegas and celebrated the launch of the game with Minecraft-related discussion panels and gaming areas. The event then went by the Minecon name from 2011 to 2019. The first gathering in 2010 was known as MinecraftCon. Minecon (alternatively capitalised as MineCon, or MINECON) is an annual interactive livestream and fan convention about the video game Minecraft, hosted by Mojang. Annual interactive livestream and fan convention

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