“Anyone want to buy my share of Mojang so I can move on with my life? Getting hate for trying to do the right thing is not my gig,” he tweeted in June 2014. Markus Persson with his Special ...

Minecraft creator Markus Persson has said he “basically announced ... tried [sic] to sneakily infringe on the incredible work the Mojang team is doing and that Microsoft is successfully doing ...

Minecraft's original and hugely controversial creator Markus "Notch" Persson has cancelled plans ... a single thing since he ...

Mojang Studios has officially shut down ... that began with a misinterpreted social media post made by Markus "Notch" Persson, the creator of Minecraft, in early 2025. Notch had been jokingly ...

Original Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson has stated on Twitter that ... [sic] to sneakily infringe on the incredible ...

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One colleague said: “Markus ... of Mojang so I can move on with my life.” Microsoft saw the tweet, and bought his share. Staffers felt “disappointed and empty” prompting Persson to say ...

Minecraft was created by Markus Persson, also known as Notch, which was then developed and published by his studio Mojang in 2011. In 2014, Notch decided he wanted to move on from the game and ...

Minecraft” is a sandbox, creative building game that was released in 2011, published by Mojang Studios and created by Markus ‘Notch’ Persson. Since its release, it has become a cultural ...

Markus ‘Notch’ Persson created the world’s biggest video game, sold it for a fortune and began to live like a king. Then ...