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Minecraft Live is an interactive livestream about the video game Minecraft, hosted annually by developer Mojang.Originally starting out as an in-person fan convention called MinecraftCon (later Minecon [a] [b]), the first gathering was in 2010; the event reoccurred annually until 2016 under the name Minecon.
MineCon – Orlando, Florida on the 2nd weekend of November (2013; other years may vary) MomoCon – Atlanta, Georgia in May; PrezCon – Charlottesville, Virginia, President's Day weekend; RavenCon – Richmond, Virginia, in April; Stellarcon – High Point, North Carolina in March
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.
Minecraft is a media franchise developed from and centered around the video game of the same name.Developed by Mojang Studios (formerly known as Mojang AB) and Xbox Game Studios, which are owned by Microsoft Corporation, the franchise consists of five video games, along with various books, merchandise, events, board games, and an upcoming theatrical film.
Originally this was a PC gaming only event, but in recent years has incorporated console gamers. The series of events, referred to as the ‘iSeries’ are sequentially numbered and run three times a year, typically with one around Easter, with the others usually hosted in August and November.
The Virtual Ticket will be a purely optional purchase and still contain several in-game goodies for various Blizzard games. Further changes being made to BlizzCon include: the Opening Ceremony seating will now be a random-draw system since it will take place in the smaller BlizzCon Arena.
MAGFest (Music and Gaming Festival, originally the Mid-Atlantic Gaming Festival) is a non-profit organization and video game, art, music, and culture festival. [3] They hold multiple events throughout the year, with their flagship event being an annual festival held in the Washington metropolitan area the National Harbor.
Markus Alexej Persson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Finnish mother, Ritva, [2] and a Swedish father, Birger, [3] on 1 June 1979. [4] [5] [2] He has one sister.[2] [6] He grew up in Edsbyn until he was seven years old, when his family moved back to Stockholm.