Markus Persson founded Mojang Studios in 2009. History Background and formation (2009–2010) It also released smaller games as part of game jams organised by Humble Bundle and published the externally developed Cobalt and Cobalt WASD.

Apart from Minecraft, Mojang Studios has developed Caller's Bane, Crown and Council, and further games in the Minecraft franchise: Minecraft Dungeons, the upcoming Minecraft Legends, and the cancelled Minecraft Earth. In May 2020, Mojang was rebranded as Mojang Studios.Īs of 2021, the company employs approximately 600 people. Persson, Porsér, and Manneh subsequently left Mojang, with Jonas Mårtensson replacing Manneh. With a desire to move on from the game, Persson offered to sell his share in Mojang, and the company was acquired by Microsoft in November 2014. Minecraft became highly successful, giving Mojang sustained growth. Other early hires included Daniel Kaplan and Jens Bergensten. Following the game's initial release, Persson, in conjunction with Jakob Porsér, incorporated the business as Mojang AB in late 2010, and they hired Carl Manneh as the company's chief executive officer. The studio inherited its name from another video game venture Persson had left two years prior. Mojang Studios was founded by the independent video game designer Markus Persson in 2009 as Mojang Specifications for Minecraft 's development. The studio is best known for developing the sandbox and survival game Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time. Mojang Studios is a Swedish video game developer based in Stockholm.

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