The Word of Notch expresses the Minecraft creator’s nervousness over the coming next week’s MineCon 2011 . This is in part because it will also mark the sandbox game’s departure from beta and the release of version 1.0, which means reviews will start appearing. The game has already sold over four million units(!), and this also means that just 10 days remain to get the game at a 25% prerelease discount. Here’s word:
It does feel like the game has already proven itself. Lots of people play the game, and we receive a lot of friendly and positive emails from players. We’ve won several amazing awards, so several people in the industry seems to enjoy what we’ve done. Now it’s just the press left.