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With a desire to move on from the game, Persson offered to sell his share in Mojang, and the company was acquired by Microsoft in November 2014. Persson, Porsér, and Manneh subsequently left Mojang. In May 2020, Mojang was rebranded as Mojang Studios. As of 2021, the company employs approximately 600 people.
Since leaving Mojang, Persson has worked on several small projects. [42] Around 2015, he founded a company with Porsér called Rubberbrain, but the company had no games by 2021, despite spending SEK 60 million. [18] [43] Persson expressed interest in creating a new video game studio in 2020, and in developing virtual reality games.
Just consider this: a programmer who recently joined Mojang Studios learned to code using Minecraft, and is now helping us inspire a new generation of players, creators, and developers. That’s an ecosystem of play we couldn’t have imagined over a decade ago.
- Thomas Wiborgh
Apr 21, 2015 · Markus Persson is a Swedish video game programmer and founder of Mojang, the software company responsible for the international smash Minecraft.
6 days ago · Mojang publicly announced on September 15, 2014 that they would be bought by Microsoft for US$2.5 billion, and they subsequently became a subsidiary of Microsoft Studios (now known as Xbox Game Studios) on November 6, 2014.
- 2009; 15 years ago (2009)
- Subsidiary
- Markus PerssonJakob PorsérCarl Manneh
Sep 15, 2014 · After a week of rumours, Minecraft maker Mojang has today confirmed they're being bought by Microsoft. The studio has also announced that founders Markus "Notch" Persson, Carl Manneh and...
Jul 3, 2015 · Last September, he sold Mojang, the Stockholm-based games studio that runs Minecraft, to Microsoft in a deal worth $2.5bn. The deal made Persson, who reportedly owned 71 per cent of the company...
