

But with mods came hacks, modifications that allow for cheating in both multiplayer and singleplayer. The first mods like BuildCraft or TooManyItems began to appear around this time.

With ModCoderPack coming out at the early alpha versions, users could now create mods. Millions of copies were sold, leading to Minecraft becoming one of the most sold games ever.Īround this time, mods began appearing. The constant release of new versions led to Minecraft to explode in popularity. Finally, on November 2011, Minecraft 1.0 was released. Indev came, then infdev, then alpha, then beta. It was classical Minecraft, a world of creation. Servers were around during this time, but they didn't have the minigames that you knew today. A world where you could survive, and fight off monsters.

In the beginning, it was just another sandbox game. Over time, it slowly got more and more players, and slowly gained more and more popularity. On June 9, multiplayer was first released, but it wasn't like the multiplayer it was today. As May went on, he added mobs and humans. Minecraft was first started as "Cave Game" in March 2009 by Notch. 5 Chapter 4 - Hacked Clients Gain Popularity, AntiCheats spread (MC 1.0).4 Chapter 3 - The First AntiCheats - AntiCheat, NoCheat (and later AntiCheat+ and NoCheatPlus).
