A day after the announcement of Microsoft's buyout of Minecraft's development studio, Mojang, the studio's founder Markus "Notch" Persson has posted a farewell letter to fans of the wildly popular ...

“It’s not about the money. It’s about my sanity.” That’s how Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson closed a blog post detailing his decision to leave his studio, Mojang, after selling it to ...

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Markus 'Notch' Persson has revealed his reasons for selling Mojang to Microsoft, explaining, "It's not about the money. It's about my sanity." A post on his website sees the Minecraft developer ...

Mojang Founder Markus ‘Notch’ Persson isn’t happy about Oculus being bought out by Facebook. Apparently any hope for Minecraft for the Oculus Rift has just been lost. We were in talks about maybe ...

Markus 'Notch' Persson has explained why he is selling Mojang to Microsoft in a deal worth $2.5 billion. In a blog post, the co-founder said Minecraft became too big in scope and the exposure it gave ...

Minecraft is still one of the most popular games in the world. It has 91 million monthly active players, according to Microsoft. And now The Minecraft Team is working to ensure the game doesn’t open ...

Markus “Notch” Persson and Jens “Jeb” Bergensten pose with Oculus Rift developer kits in 2012. Notch, who pitched in $10,000 to the Oculus Rift Kickstarter, said that his trip to meet Oculus was ...

What just happened? With over 154 million copies sold across all platforms, Minecraft is one of the most popular games of all time---and it's still going strong. The latest update to the sandbox ...

Minecraft is a video game that soar to such incredible heights that Notch, the username for its creator Markus Persson, soon became a household name. Now it appears that Mojang wants to distance ...

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson has deleted his Twitter account after getting into a disagreement with gaming journalist Mark Brown, better known for the YouTube channel Game Maker's Toolkit.

Give Microsoft credit, it didn't ruin Minecraft when it purchased Mojang for $2.5 billion nearly two years ago. At the time of purchase, Xbox boss Phil Spencer noted that Minecraft was "one of the ...