We were incredibly honoured to attend an event in Beijing today to announce... Minecraft’s Chinese closed beta! It was a great crowd and an incredible spectacle, with Minecraft conducting a takeover of Beijing’s famous Water Cube. Check out the pretty pictures below!

Minecraft has had truly amazing support from Chinese players over the years, even though it’s never been very easy for them to buy the game. So it’s thrilling to be able to officially re-introduce the game to such a passionate group of players, and, with our amazing partners NetEase, we’re going to make sure it’s as authentic a Minecraft experience as possible.

Both Pocket Edition and a PC version of the game will be available, expertly localised and adapted by our friends at NetEase, bringing special features for the Chinese audience.