Minecraft creator Notch has posted on his blog that the game will, if all goes according to plan, officially "release" on November 11 of this year. He notes that "the version we deem as the 'full version' won’t be very different at all from what the game was like a week ago ..." So, think of it as a morale booster.
"We’ll keep adding features after the release as well, so it’s really more of a milestone when we finally get rid of the Beta label, and some kind of goal for us to work towards," he writes. "It’s the same date as a few other games and movies, and the one I’m the most excited about is Skyrim, so that will be a nice reward for me if we actually manage to hit that date!"
As for the achievements- and statistics-introducing 1.5 update, release next week is looking likely. Bonus: it'll add weather effects, including things like periodic rain/snow fall, ice regrowing in colder biomes, and even thunderstorms.
Thunderstorms and creepers -- potentially at the same time. Shut. Down. EVERYTHING.
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9:30 PM on 04.07.2011 | 
or in other words, minecraft has been out of beta for a long time.
That being said, it is obviously a finished game at this stage and getting rid of the beta title is more or less a cosmetic change.
Still waiting on a Skyrim CE announcement.
That's also what he said about the beta release. Why bother changing the version number if you're not really changing the game?
Lightning flashes. You look out the window.
Suddenly, creepers. Everywhere.
A field of them, bounding towards your door.
I want this. All of this.
It's quite obviously still a beta, and he has a LOT of fucking work to do if he wants to solve all of the games issues by this date. Especially in regards to features that work in SP and SMP. Hell, we still can't even make nether portals in SMP, minecarts and beds are still dodgey as fuck, fences still glitch out if you land on them, random mobs will freeze and just wont move or do anything, etc.
The game is laden with bugs and issues.
Also 1.5 is not just achievements and statistics, we are also getting PISTONS! Which is one of the most game changing additions ever released for Minecraft.
I look forward to the official release and mod support, so we can finally get all of the things we've been wanting since release, and enable/disable them easily; better grass/light, mo mobs, dinosaurs, other realities like the nether, etc.
Just call it Minecraft 1.5, it makes so much more sense that way
There was a documentary on this very site about it recently.
It was awesome.
Also, I want this inside me.
@Skribble - Jeb said the Piston mod will not be included in 1.5. It'll probably be in the next one.
Skyriiiiiiiiim!!!
Um.. Notch is still handling all of the money, that's why paypal froze his account several times and people couldn't buy his game.
Also why are people implying that they'd have to make a choice between minecraft and elderscrolls? If you've already bought the game you won't have to pay for it again.
"the version we deem as the 'full version' won’t be very different at all from what the game was like a week ago ..."
All they mean by that is there is not going to be a huge content patch directly on 11/11/11, most of the changes to the game are going to come before that.
They are just going to be launching a small aesthetic patch that will remove the word 'beta' from the screen. Don't forget they still have the better part of ~6+ months to add to the game and until the end of the world after 111111.
"Minecraft for 360 please!"
Are you prepared to pay more for it + pay for content updates?
My house is a giant tree fort, easily the tallest thing in the area. It is all wood.
I hope it is purely distant thunderstorms.
Also, Skyrim.