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Markus Alexej Persson (/ ˈ p ɪər s ən / ⓘ PEER-sən, Swedish: [ˈmǎrːkɵs ˈpæ̌ːʂɔn] ⓘ; born 1 June 1979), also known as Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is the creator of Minecraft, which is the best-selling video game in history. He founded the video game development company Mojang Studios in 2009.
Countdown is a point-and-click adventure game released by Access Software for MS-DOS in 1990. The game was re-released on GOG.com on 26 July 2021. [1]The player plays as Mason Powers, a CIA agent who wakes up in a Turkish mental hospital, suffering from partial amnesia and accused of murdering his supervisor.
On October 13, 2012, the first video gameplay of 0x10 c was released by Persson on the game's website. [13] On October 26, 2012, the first multiplayer test was uploaded to the website from Twitch.TV. [ 14 ]
Notch may refer to: Notch (engineering), an indentation or slit in a material; Nock (arrow), notch in the rearmost end of an arrow; Markus Persson (born 1979), a Swedish video game designer known by his online alias "Notch" Notch (musician) (born 1973), a hip hop, R&B, reggae, dancehall and reggaeton artist
Countdown to Shutdown, originally known as Countdown to Meltdown in Europe, is a video game released in 1984 by Creative Sparks. In 1985 Activision published it in the US as Countdown to Shutdown . Gameplay
The highest selling arcade game of the year is F-1. 1977 – The Atari Video Computer System (later the Atari 2600) is released as the first widely popular home video game console. [5] 1978 – Space Invaders is released, popularizing the medium and beginning the golden age of arcade video games. [6]
Markus Persson founded Mojang Studios in 2009.. Mojang Studios was founded by Markus Persson, a Swedish independent video game designer and programmer, in 2009. [3] [4] He had gained interest in video games at an early age, playing The Bard's Tale and several pirated games on his father's Commodore 128 home computer, and learned to programme at age eight with help from his sister.
The programme was presented by Richard Whiteley for 23 years until his death on 26 June 2005. It was then presented by Des Lynam from October 2005 until December 2006, Des O'Connor from January 2007 until December 2008, Jeff Stelling from January 2009 until December 2011 and Nick Hewer from January 2012 until his retirement in June 2021, with Colin Murray standing in for Nick Hewer during part ...