Markus Persson never followed up his miracle creation. Neither did Tetris’ Alexey Pajitnov. How come only one of them could ...

Mojang Studios was sold to Microsoft in 2014 for $2 billion. As a result, Notch left the company that same year and pursued other interests. Despite helping initiate the sale, Notch felt like a ...

A few days later, he responded to a question, saying he “basically announced Minecraft 2.” But it’s not that simple. Persson sold the rights to Minecraft and his company to Microsoft, and Minecraft ...

Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson has shed additional light on why Minecraft will no longer be developed for the Oculus Rift, following Facebook's acquisition of developer Oculus VR earlier ...

Markus Persson, also known as “Notch,” is the developer and creator of Minecraft. The open-world sandbox game focuses on building, crafting, and mining within a randomly generated virtual world, and ...

Although its developer, Markus "Notch" Persson, created it to be an open-world sandbox game, he probably didn't envision that "Minecraft" would explode to where it is today. The title became so big ...