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Garry’s Mod and Rust developer Garry Newman has defended Markus ‘Notch’ Persson from the criticism he has faced following his sale of Mojang to Microsoft. Specifically, Newman thinks that an employer’s obligations to staff outrank any other concern and would much rather see a studio’s workers receive a bumper pay …
Read More »Newman on Minecraft sale: ‘I’d have done the same thing’
Rust creator says Microsoft wouldn't "pay a shitload of money for it and then completely fuck it up"
Read More »Notch: "Mojang sale is not about the money, it’s about my sanity"
Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has said that the growth of Minecraft and the influence the game now exerts are the reasons behind his decision to sell Mojang. The $2.5bn acquisition at the hands of Microsoft was confirmed today, with a statement from Mojang saying that Persson doesn’t want the responsibility of …
Read More »Notch never wants to have another hit
Minecraft creator says he will leave Mojang as soon as Microsoft acquisition is done
Read More »Phil Spencer: Minecraft will continue to be available across platforms
Xbox boss touts cloud tech to power 'richer and faster worlds'
Read More »From the archive: Mojang uncovered
In 2012, Develop spoke to the team behind Minecraft to discover what makes this studio tick
Read More »Mojang confirms $2.5bn Microsoft acquisition
As expected, Microsoft’s acquisition of Minecraft creators Mojang has been confirmed. The deal is worth $2.5bn and will result in the departure of the company’s three founders – Markus Persson, Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser. Change is scary, and this is a big change for all of us. It’s going …
Read More »Microsoft buys Minecraft developer Mojang for $2.5bn
Founders Markus Persson, Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser to leave
Read More »Report: Microsoft announcing Mojang acquisition today
Deal could be worth as much as $2.5 billion
Read More »Minecraft owner Mojang is a perfect fit for Microsoft’s ambitions
IHS games analyst Piers Harding-Rolls discusses Microsoft’s reported bid for Minecraft owner Mojang. Microsoft’s heavily rumoured intention to buy Minecraft developer and owner Mojang may come as a surprise to the game’s more fervent fans, but it is rooted in commercial, if not cultural, sense. The news robustly dismisses the …
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