Microsoft is set to buy Stockholm-based game company Mojang for a staggering 2.5 billion dollars. Mojang is the maker of Minecraft, a massively popular game which lets users create their own virtual worlds. From an indie game, Minecraft rose to fame as it became a mainstream hit, being downloaded over 100 million times on the PC alone, and is a online chart-topper on XBox, Apple and Android platforms. As Microsoft bought the Minecraft licenses, from the game itself to licensing and other rights necessary, it won't be bringing in the game's creator, Markus "Notch" Persson, into the fold. Minecraft certainly became a huge hit, and people are telling me it's changed games. A relatively long time ago, I decided to step down from Minecraft development. Thank you for turning Minecraft into what it has become, but there are too many of you, and I can't be responsible for something this big. In one sense, it belongs to Microsoft now. Read more in our articles including "Microsoft to buy Minecraft for $2.5 billion" and "Microsoft to end Adobe Flash support for Windows 10 in July".
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Jun 8, 2026Microsoft is set to buy Stockholm-based game company Mojang for a staggering 2.5 billion dollars. Mojang is the maker of Minecraft, a massively popular game which lets users create their own virtual worlds.
From an indie game, Minecraft rose to fame as it became a mainstream hit, being downloaded over 100 million times on the PC alone, and is a online chart-topper on XBox, Apple and Android platforms. As Microsoft bought the Minecraft licenses, from the game itself to licensing and other rights necessary, it won't be bringing in the game's creator, Markus "Notch" Persson, into the fold. Minecraft certainly became a huge hit, and people are telling me it's changed games.
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