Java Edition 2.0

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On April 1, 2013, Mojang released a hoax announcement for Minecraft 2.0, a new game they had supposedly been working on for two years, describing how it would "bring blocky simulation games to the next level".[1] The post also contained a changelog comprised mostly of nonsensical changes, such as a new slab of TNT called the etho slab, and the addition of blocks of coal (which did not exist at the time).

Although lacking most of the promised additions, Minecraft 2.0 was produced and distributed to select celebrity individuals[1] to showcase to the public as part of the joke. Minecraft 2.0 is a fork of 1.5.1, and is the only joke release not available through the Minecraft Launcher.