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Minecraft was first released in May 2009 by Markus "Notch" Persson, a Swedish game developer. Initially, the game was in a very early stage of development, with Notch releasing frequent updates to the game's alpha and beta versions. As the game gained popularity, Notch continued to work on Minecraft, eventually forming Mojang Studios with his friends Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser.