Microsoft Buys Minecraft Maker Mojang for $2.5 Billion

[Demon_Skeith]

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Microsoft just announced in a press release that it has acquired Mojang, creators of Minecraft, in a $2.5 billion deal. Furthermore, all three of Mojang's original founders, including Markus "Notch" Persson, will be leaving Mojang following the acquisition.

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer talks about the acquisition in an Xbox Wire blog post, where he confirms that the official Minecraft convention, Minecon, will continue next year under the wings of Microsoft.

Owen Hill of Mojang also weighed in over at the developer's official website, where he posted a short FAQ about the deal—mentioning the departure of the company's founders, and, most importantly, confirming that the non-Xbox versions of Minecraft will continue to be actively developed and supported:

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Without it's founders, MS repeated it's bad history of buying Rare.

 

[froggyboy604]

I read on the founder blog that he did not want to be part of Minecraft anymore because it turned him into a symbol, and he did not want to be a symbol, and just wanted to make small games.

Mojang only has one popular game which is Minecraft, so I think MS can't mess up Minecraft. They probably keep Minecraft the same, and not make any drastic changes which makes the game worst because people who play Minecraft mainly play it to build stuff, and explore the world of Minecraft.

Hopefully, this would mean Minecraft would be bundled with Xbox One, Windows 8, and Windows 9 instead of previous free games like Minesweeper, Solitaire, and Pinball found in older versions of Windows.