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Mojang AB is a Swedish game company founded in May, 2009 by Markus "Notch" Persson. It created the famous sandbox game Minecraft and works in collaboration with Telltale Games for Minecraft: Story Mode. Mojang's headquarters are located in Stockholm, Sweden.
History
Founding
On May 2009, Markus "Notch" Persson, along with Jakob Porsér and Carl Mennah founded Mojang and developed the game Minecraft which became one of the best selling games ever.
Microsoft Subsidiary
On September 2014, Microsoft bought Mojang for $2.5 billion, with which the three founders, Markus Persson, Jakob Porsér and Carl Mennah left the company.
Jens Bergensten (aka Jeb) took over the company.
Games
- Minecraft
- Scrolls
- Cobalt (Published; in collaboration with Oxeye Games Studio)
- 0x10c (Canceled)
- Minecraft: Story Mode (In collaboration with Telltale)
- Various mini-games for Mojang
Trivia
- Jeb is the current main developer of Minecraft but it is not known if he is involved in the making of Minecraft: Story Mode.
- In 2014, Mojang AB was bought by Microsoft. Notch left the development of Minecraft to Jeb and bought the most expensive house in Beverly Hills, California