Mojang Bought By Microsoft

Mojang Bought By Microsoft. Mojang's founder, Markus "Notch" Persson, has previously criticised Microsoft, and commented to Reuters that the market for Windows phones was "tiny" and not worth. Q&A Boards Community Contribute Games What's New.

Microsoft to Buy 'Minecraft' Creator Mojang for $2.5B (Mary Murphy)

Microsoft said it has agreed to buy Mojang, the Swedish video game company behind the hit game Minecraft, boosting its mobile efforts and cementing control of another hit title for its Xbox console. Note: we'll still use this blog for any Mojang news that's not relevant to Minecraft. Mojang is being bought by Microsoft.

At its inception, Pocket Edition was little more than an experiment by mega-brained Mojang coder, Aron Nieminen.

How much money was the company bought for?

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Microsoft buys Mojang for $2.5 billion

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Microsoft Buys Minecraft For $2.5 Billion - AskMen

Just more info, Notch seeked Microsoft. It was pretty bare bones - just the most minimal Minecrafty features in mobile form, hammered together. Neither Microsoft nor Mojang would confirm the acquisition talks, although such an arrangement will help bolster Microsoft's own position in the gaming industry, particularly with a title as popular as Minecraft.