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  2. Mojang Studios - Wikipedia

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    Mojang Studios[ a] is a Swedish video game developer based in Stockholm. The studio is best known for developing the sandbox and survival game Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time . Mojang Studios was founded by the independent video game designer Markus Persson in 2009 as Mojang Specifications for Minecraft ' s development.

  3. Markus Persson - Wikipedia

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    Markus Alexej Persson ( / ˈmɑːrkəs ˈpɪərsən / ⓘ, Swedish: [ˈmǎrkɵs ˈpæ̌ːʂɔn] ⓘ; born 1 June 1979), also known as " Notch ", [ 3] is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is the creator of the video game Minecraft, which since its release has become the best-selling video game in history. He founded the video game ...

  4. Minecraft (franchise) - Wikipedia

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    Minecraft is a media franchise developed from and centered around the video game of the same name. Primarily developed by Mojang Studios, the franchise consists of five video games, along with various books, merchandise, events, and an upcoming theatrical film. Microsoft acquired Mojang Studios in 2014, alongside the Minecraft franchise and its ...

  5. Here's how 'Minecraft' creates its gigantic worlds - Engadget

    www.engadget.com/2015-03-04-how-minecraft-worlds...

    Minecraft is specifically using Perlin noise calculations, like the kind you'd use to create a rough-looking texture for a 3D model. It starts out on a very broad level, painting a basic ...

  6. Why is Microsoft buying Minecraft? - Engadget

    www.engadget.com/2014-09-19-microsoft-buying...

    Sunrise in a modded version of Minecraft. $25 million in one year is certainly quite a bit less than $2.5 billion, but compared to the $85 billion Microsoft has in cash, $2.5 billion is a ...

  7. What you need to know about 'Minecraft' - Engadget

    www.engadget.com/2014-08-11-minecraft-explainer.html

    At its core, Minecraft is a massive, open-ended, first-person game with a focus on exploration and crafting. Every time you load a new game, the environment is randomly assembled so no two plays ...

  8. Minecraft modding - Wikipedia

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    The popularity of Minecraft mods has been credited for helping Minecraft become one of the best-selling video games of all time. The first Minecraft mods worked by decompiling and modifying the Java source code of the game. The original version of the game, now called Minecraft: Java Edition, is still modded this way, but with more advanced tools.

  9. Microsoft confirms acquisition of Minecraft studio Mojang

    www.engadget.com/2014-09-15-microsoft-confirms...

    Microsoft announced it's bought Minecraft studio Mojang for a deal worth $2.5 billion. The buyout will see Mojang founders Markus "Notch" Persson, Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser leave the Swedish ...