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After a long time in various states of completion, Minecraft's official release is available. Shacknews contributing writer Steve Watts

Minecraft creator Markus Persson (Notch) has revealed a mysterious new project called Santa vs. Cthulhu via Twitter.

Minecraft developer Mojang Specifications is hoping to launch the first playable alpha version of Oxeye Game Studio's action-y platformer Cobalt this Friday--assuming all goes to plan.

Mojang specifies Minecraft Pocket updates that are in the works, mostly centered around bringing some of the Survival features into the game.

From blocks it came, and from blocks it may return. Minecraft developer Mojang is playing with ideas for official LEGO sets based upon the indie dig 'em up, vowing to donate any money it would earn from royalties to charity.

Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson has stepped down as lead developer, replaced by Mojang cohort Jens Bergensten. "He will have the final say in all design decisions, so he will kinda sorta become my boss, I guess," Persson joked.

Mojang's Markus "Notch" Persson talks about future plans for Minecraft, and dispenses advice for aspiring developers.

Roll up, roll up, come see the amazing Notch flip the "Activate Minecraft" switch during MineCon's keynote speech to officially launch the indie dig 'em up, joined by chums including the men of Mega64.

It's a busy week for Minecraft, the world's leading dig 'em up. The PC edition will at long last launch officially on Friday at MineCon, and now it turns out the promised iOS version will launch tomorrow for your shiny iThings.

It would appear that Minecraft has far surpassed moniker of "cult-hit" as the game has reportedly sold more than four million copies.