First online appearance of the name "Minecraft"
- Who
- 14 May 2009
- What
- First
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 14 May 2009
Inspired by the webcomic The Order of the Stick, Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson initially intended to call his creation Minecraft: Order of the Stone. But eventually he dropped the subtitle and announced the shorter name on 14 May 2009, just prior to the game’s alpha release.