Minecraft is the winner of a new arts award for computer games.
The prize was awarded at the finale of the GameCity videogame culture festival in Nottingham U.K.
The winning title is the work of an independent Swedish company, Mojang. Players have to build objects out of blocks in an open environment.
The game was selected over rivals from big name publishers, including Valve and Electronic Arts' Portal 2 and Microsoft's Ilomilo.
"It's a big honour to be compared to those games," said Markus Persson, Mojang's founder.
"Winning this award provides us to try to make Minecraft the best game it can be."
Four million customers have already bought the title online, despite the fact it is still in beta. It is scheduled for a formal release next month.
"It just wasn't like anything else... it felt like it had an expanding life of its own. It had an organic nature," one of the judges.
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