By 2011, Mojang had added enough to Minecraft for a full PC release, and had multiple ports for consoles on the way. Minecraft originally released in 2009, being sold as a simplistic, pre-alpha block-building browser game, making developer Mojang one of the pioneers of early access. Minecraft is on a different level than most other games. "Indie" is now a category in most digital game stores, dedicated indie game expos and streams showcase upcoming releases, and some of the simplest indie titles have become some of the medium's greatest successes. This boom alone would have meant little if the games themselves hadn't been well-received by the community at large. While not every game ends up being particularly influential, recent history has taught us that many indies have a surprisingly long reach. Related: Best Indie Game Releases & Highlights From Nintendo's Latest Showcase As this emerging technology also made the creation of complex games more accessible to people outside of the mainstream games industry, more indie titles began releasing every year than ever before. With the proliferation of digital distribution, indie game developers found more tools than ever to fund, create, and self-publish their projects online. Indie games have become an industry pillar in the past decade. Some of history's greatest games are created by independent developers with no connection to any large-scale publisher, and there's more than one example of a significant indie game breaking out into the mainstream to become influential in its own right.
Not every amazing game is a product of AAA development.
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