MineCon 2012 headed to Disneyland Paris in November

Minecraft is raking in the money on the PC and has already sold more than 3 million copies on the PC. So what is Mojang doing next? The indie developer announced on Thursday that its holding the 2012 MineCon at Disneyland Paris.

Last year's MineCon was held in Las Vegas, Nevada so we can only assume that Mojang wanted to give European fans of Minecraft a chance to attend the convention as well. This year's convention will be held at the Disneyland Paris theme park on November 24 and 25.

Mojang said that it will open up registration for tickets and accommodations soon. You can check out the announcement video from the developer in our video gallery.

The 2011 MineCon in Las Vegas was the first convention held by Mojang and featured keynote speeches, build contests, costume contests and separate panels on specific Minecraft topics.

In addition to Minecraft, Mojang is currently working on its card game, Scrolls, and its retro-space game, 0x10c. There's no word on whether details for either of those will

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