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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.
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.
Code Club AB was founded as Mojang Specifications AB by Swedish video game designers Rolf Jansson and Markus Persson in 2007, as their game, Wurm Online, began to turn a profit. [1] Later in 2007, Markus Persson stepped out of the project and left the company.
Xbox Game Studios (previously known as Microsoft Studios, Microsoft Game Studios, and Microsoft Games) is an American video game publisher based in Redmond, Washington.It was established in March 2000, spun out from an internal Games Group, for the development and publishing of video games for Microsoft Windows.
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] In an April 2013 interview with Polygon, Persson stated that 0x10 c development was hit by creative road block and would be put on hold.
This is a list of Microsoft Gaming video game studios, including development studios, support studios, satellite studios and offices.Microsoft Gaming is an American video game company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, US, founded on January 18, 2022.
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.