Microsoft has completed purchase of Minecraft creator
The purchase agreement of the Swedish company Mojang, which created the game "Minecraft", by Microsoft has officially entered into force. This was announced on his Twitter page by the head of Xbox Gaming Phil Spencer. The deal was worth $ 2.5 billion. Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson and two developers will leave Mojang. Markus Persson himself, who owned 70 percent of the company, earned $ 1.75 billion. On his Twitter page, he said that he left the office of the company "without saying goodbye", as he did not know the appropriate words for such a case. It is not yet known whether he will continue to work on gaming projects. Mojang will become one of the divisions of Microsoft's gaming department, which already includes such studios as 343 Industries, BlackTuskStudios, LionheadStudios, Turn 10 Studios and several others. Microsoft will not remove the currently existing versions of Minecraft on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita. Recall that "Minecraft" is a sandbox game in which the player can control a character, create and destroy the blocks that make up the world, survive, and much more. Whether a sequel to the game will be released is still unknown. Earlier it became known about the preparations for the shooting of a movie based on "Minecraft", which may be released only in 2017 or even in 2018. The Topic of Article: Microsoft has completed purchase of Minecraft creator. |
