Minecraft Awarded GameCity Videogame Arts Prize
 

You can pretty much call Minecraft a pre-released success, considering four million gamers have already bought the beta. To add to its list of accomplishments, Minecraft has won the GameCity arts prize for computer games. The official release is scheduled for November. The game was selected over rivals from big name publishers, including Valve and Electronic Arts' Portal 2 and Microsoft's Ilomilo.

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