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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.
He founded the video game development company Mojang Studios in 2009. Persson began developing video games at an early age. His commercial success began after he published an early version of Minecraft in 2009. Prior to the game's official retail release in 2011, it had sold over ten million copies.
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 six video games, along with various books, merchandise, events, and an upcoming theatrical film.
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.
Microsoft Gaming is an American video game company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, US, founded on January 18, 2022. After several acquisitions, Microsoft Gaming has become one of the largest video game companies , and it has one of the largest in-house development team, with more than 20,100 employees working in over 40 studios in 17 ...
The book is a biography of Persson that also covers Minecraft 's popularity and the Swedish gaming industry. [1] The book describes how Persson was inspired by games like Dungeon Keeper, Dwarf Fortress, and Infiniminer, and how he was convinced that he was onto something big from the very beginning.
Jens Peder Bergensten (born 18 May 1979), known professionally as Jeb, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer.He is best known as the lead designer of Minecraft, [1] [2] [3] and is the chief creative officer of Mojang Studios.
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.