Minecraft players can now build, explore and play in a virtual recreation of Northern Ireland.
The Minecraft NI map was launched by finance minister Arlene Foster and has been developed using Land & Property Service's Ordnance Survey NI (OSNI) digital mapping data.
The map contains more than five billion blocks, representing 12.5 square metres and equates to an area of nearly 14,000km2.
"The Minecraft game has been hugely successful across the world, not least with our young people in Northern Ireland," Foster said in a statement announcing the mod.
"This exciting new development will allow people here to play the game across all of Northern Ireland, in places that are familiar to them. Gamers can have a go at building structures including the Giant's Causeway, the Marble Arch caves, their school or even their own house!"
He continued: "It's important to recognise that this is about more than just playing a game.
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"Minecraft inspires a high level of engagement and creativity in young people and it is an excellent tool for teaching children about a wide range of topics including geography, science, technology, engineering and computer coding."
The Minecraft NI map is available now as a free download for the PC and Mac versions of Minecraft.
In 2013, the Ordnance Survey recreated Britain in Minecraft - using real-world data to produce the map, which consists of around 22 billion blocks.
Elsewhere, the console versions of the popular sandbox game recently added a new batch of content inspired by Greek mythology.
