Minecraft, that once again made the news yesterday for selling a ton of copies, has received an official release date - according to Mojang and developer Notch, the game will leave beta on November 11. Yes, that is the same date as Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim releases. "It's the same date as a few other games and movies, and the one I'm the most excited about is Skyrim, so that will be a nice reward for me if we actually manage to hit that date," Notch writes on his blog.
If you're expecting major changes just because the game leaves beta, you better hold your horses though.
"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)."