Minecraftlandscape_Mojang 16 Sep

Microsoft has oficially announced today that it has acquired Minecraft developer Mojang in a $2.5 billion deal. Mojang’s Owen Hill explained in a post on the company’s website why Markus “Notch” Persson consented to the sale. “He’s decided that he doesn’t want the responsibility of owning a company of such global significance,” Hill wrote, in […]

06 Mar

There’s no game at market right now with more indie credibility, and media attention, than Mojang’s Minecraft. And it was to this expansive audience the developers announced their second studio project: Scrolls. The digital card/board game was announced as part of this past week’s Game Developers Conference by Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson.