Minecraft was the winner of the new arts award for computer games. The prize was announced ate the finale of the GameCIty videogame culture festival in Nottingham, England. The title is based of the work of an independent Swedish company, Mahjong. Players have to build objects out of blocks in an open environment. The game was selected out of many other big name publishers, such as. Electronic Arts’ Portal 2 developed by Valve, and Microsoft llomilo. Markus Persson, the founder of Mojong said “it’s a great honor to be compared to those games, winning this award helps us to try to make Minecraft the best game it can be.” It has been stated that nearly four million people have already bought the title on line; despite the fact it is still in a beta. The formal release it scheduled for next month. “ it just wasn’t like anything else, it felt like it had the expanding life of its own. It had an organic nature, “ one of the judges, Ed Hall told BBC. “ It’s simplistic and addictive, and there’s an element of beauty in what you are doing.”
-Amelia Hernigle
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15509330
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