STOCKHOLM/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has agreed to acquire the Stockholm-based developer of the wildly popular Minecraft video game for $2.5 billion (1.54 billion pounds), as it tries ...
NEW YORK -- Microsoft will acquire the maker of the long-running hit game Minecraft for $2.5 billion as the company continues to invest in its Xbox gaming platform and looks to grab attention on ...
When Minecraft creator Markus Persson, lovingly called Notch in the gaming community, announced he was leaving Mojang in the wake of Microsoft's $2.5 billion acquisition of the Swedish game studio, ...
The rumors were true. Microsoft has acquired Mojang, the company behind the wildly popular game Minecraft, for a cool $2.5 billion dollars. The deal spells the end of independence for one of the most ...
In Minecraft, Microsoft is taking control of a game that has become a cultural phenomenon. Markus Persson, though, is bidding adieu. Ian Sherr Contributor and Former Editor at Large / News Ian Sherr ...
NEW YORK (AP) – Microsoft will acquire the maker of the long-running hit game Minecraft for $2.5 billion as the company continues to invest in its Xbox gaming platform and looks to grab attention on ...