The annual convention for “Minecraft” lovers, Minecon, will be held this year in London for the first time.

The conference comes as the game reaches new heights in popularity and is available in all mainstream platforms.

Two weeks ago Mojang’s chief operating officer, Vu Bui, hinted about Minecon news on Twitter.

Now, Bui has announced via the company’s website that Minecon will be held in London from July 4 to July 5. The event will be held at the ExCeL London Exhibition and Conference Center and will be available to 10,000 people.

“If you like Minecraft, and you like people who like Minecraft, you’ll probably like MINECON. It’s THE place to see all the cool Mojangstas you fancy, meet people who love Minecraft maybe even as much as you do, and attend panels and events full of YouTube creators and a ton of other talented folks!” Bui said in the statement.

Bui explained the tickets will be released sometime in February in two batches of 5,000 tickets each. Anyone interested in tickets should go to minecon.mojang.com when the tickets become available.

In addition, interested “Minecraft” players will be able to submit proposals for community-submitted panels. Mojang will begin receiving submissions in early March.

According to The Guardian, Minecon started as an informal gathering of “Minecraft” fans back in 2010 in Bellevue, Washington when Markus “Notch” Persson, the game’s creator, was in town and said he wanted to meet players. The Washington Post reports subsequent Minecon’s have been held in Las Vegas, Paris and Orlando. However, there was no Minecon in 2014, the year Microsoft purchased Mojang.

In other news, Mojang developer Nathan “Dinnerbone” Adams recently announced updates about the game’s installer via Twitter.

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