Mojang machinimas

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Mojang machinimas are short videos, generally trailers for updates, DLCs or events, that consist of footage of Minecraft gameplay and are uploaded on official Mojang Studios social media platforms or websites. They differ from Mojang cinematics in being filmed inside the game rather than animated with conventional animation software. These machinimas have usually been made either by Mojang employees or by contracted video creators such as Hat Films or Vareide.

Name	Thumbnail	Description	Creator	Release Date
This is Minecraft		A video that shows examples of things you can do in Minecraft, and its many features.	Vareide	December 3, 2010
Chat with Mojang		Hat Films interviews Carl, Jeb and Kaplan before heading out to E3.	Hat Films	June 5, 2011
Minecraft Coming to Xbox 360 NR 1		A video that teases the Xbox 360 Edition, showing a player building the Xbox logo.	Hat Films	June 6, 2011
Minecraft Coming to Xbox 360 NR 2		A video that teases the Xbox 360 Edition, showing a player mining some diamonds in a cave. Behind the diamonds is the Xbox logo.	Hat Films	June 6, 2011
Minecraft -- Pocket Edition Available on Xperia PLAY		A video that teases the Pocket Edition, showing multiple players building an Xperia Play phone.	Mojang	August 16, 2011
Official Minecraft Trailer		A video that shows examples of things you can do in Minecraft.	Vareide	December 6, 2011
The Evolution of Minecraft		This video shows the history of Minecraft up until Release 1.0.	Hat Films	December 6, 2011
Official Trailer - Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition		This video showcases Minecraft on the Xbox 360, showing its version split-screen and Xbox live multiplayer features.	Hat Films	May 16, 2012
Minecon 2012 Opening Video		This video is the intro to Minecon 2012. It showcases the history of updates in-between Minecon 2011 and Minecon 2012.	Hat Films	November 30, 2012
Pocket Edition New Trailer		This video shows new content in Pocket Edition, such as survival, hostile mobs, beds, and multiplayer.	Hat Films	April 10, 2013
Pocket Edition 2015		This video shows new content in Pocket Edition, such as fishing, taming, and brewing.	Mojang	December 9, 2015

Beta 1.6		A showcase of features added in Beta 1.6, including dead bushes, short grass, ferns, trapdoors and maps.	Hat Films	May 24, 2011
Beta 1.7		A showcase of the main additions in Beta 1.7, those being pistons and shears. This video also has a behind the scenes.	Hat Films	June 30, 2011
Beta 1.8		A showcase of additions in Beta 1.8, including new terrain, stone bricks, mushroom blocks, and decoration blocks such as glass panes. This video also has a behind the scenes.	Hat Films	September 6, 2011
Enter The End		A teaser for the End, showing a player who goes to the Nether to fight some blazes for blaze rods. It then cuts to the player putting eyes of ender onto the end portal frame and jumping into it.	Vareide	December 20, 2011
1.1		A showcase of new features in Java Edition 1.1, such as spawn eggs, support for more languages, sheep being able to regrow wool and the superflat world type.	Hat Films	January 12, 2012
1.2		The Hat Films crew tries to escape a mob of zombies attacking their house, showcasing new features in Java Edition 1.2 along the way, such as jungles, the iron golem and ocelots. This video also has a behind the scenes.	Hat Films	March 1, 2012
Pretty Scary Update		The crew of Hat Films goes to a haunted house, discovering features from this update, including new mobs such as bats, new foodstuffs, and new blocks.	Hat Films	October 26, 2012
Exploration Update		Two players are exploring some terrain. One eventually goes to a village for a Woodland Explorer Map, and the two meet near a woodland mansion, where they obtain a Totem of Undying to go to the End, gather shulker shells and craft a shulker box.	Mojang	November 14, 2016
World Of Color		A showcase of large-scale community-made builds made using the new building and decorative blocks added in Java Edition 1.12.	Mojang	June 7, 2017

Pocket Edition 0.4.0		A showcase of new features in Pocket Edition v0.4.0 alpha, such as beds, foodstuffs and hoes.	Hat Films	September 6, 2012
Pocket Edition 0.9.0		A fly-around through a Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha world showcasing the new infinite terrain.	Mojang	July 4, 2014
The Friendly Update		Two players go on a minecart ride through a rollercoaster presenting new features, for example pistons, horses, and observers.	Mojang	June 3, 2016
Ender Update		Two players find an end portal, which they fill in with eyes of ender. They go into The End, defeat the Ender Dragon and raid End cities.	Mojang	December 1, 2016
Discovery Update		Two players explore new features that were added in this update, such as concrete, new bed colours, and woodland mansions.	Mojang	May 24, 2017
The Togetherness Machine		An introduction to the Better Together Update for Bedrock Edition, which brings consoles, phones, and Windows 10 devices together.	Mojang	September 20, 2017

Xbox 360 - The End		An instructor teaches the Hat Films crew how to enter The End; first, they kill some endermen to get ender pearls. Second, they go to The Nether to kill some blazes for blaze rods. Third, they locate a stronghold using the eyes of ender they crafted. Finally, they defeat the Ender Dragon.	Hat Films	March 22, 2013
Console Edition 1.8.8		A player explores on a horse, and then throws a ender pearl to teleport across a gap. They then trek across multiple biomes. Another player also goes on a similar journey to meet the first player, and the two go into an ocean monument.	Mojang	December 18, 2015
Banners, Blocks, Beets and Bears		Three players explore an igloo. Two guards mess around with banners. Steve crafts beetroot soup. The guards continue experimenting with banners. Steve mines with some others, and goes to The Nether and discovers some fossils. The guards then create the perfect banner.	Mojang	October 4, 2016
Console Edition Holiday Update		A showcase of new content in Legacy Console Edition, such as new End features, new boats, and a new tutorial world.	Mojang	December 21, 2016

Dive In		Two players dive into a warm ocean and discover the new content in the Update Aquatic, including the Drowned, shipwrecks, new decoration blocks, and the new fish mob.	Mojang	July 10, 2018
Bundles Of Bravery		A showcase of new content in both Bedrock Edition and Java Edition, such as hardcore in Bedrock Edition and bundles.	Brikk Animation, Mojang	October 22, 2024

Official Minecon trailer

Steve is invited to attend MINECON 2011, encountering the antics of several YouTubers along the way.

Hat Films

November 13, 2011