A lthough Microsoft bought both Mojang and its sandbox game Minecraft back in 2014 for a whopping $2.5 billion, the company ...

The ink is drying on Microsoft‘s purchase of Minecraft, and the reverberations across the entire technology sector could be larger than the size of the check. Mojang, the Swedish development studio ...

Purchasing Minecraft directly from Mojang is possible, but there are times when it fails to work. At some times, users have received a pop saying – Error Placing ...

The PlayStation Vita edition of the seminal sandbox game Minecraft is one step closer to release, with the game's code now going through its final bug test at Sony. Scotland-based developer 4J Studios ...

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Microsoft is laying out $2.5 billion to purchase the popular videogame Minecraft. It's a game enjoyed by many age groups. And the purchase will give Microsoft a foothold outside of its Xbox hardware ...

The $2.5 billion Microsoft deal to purchase the makers of Minecraft became official on Monday, but some people — especially non-gamers — are just now starting to discover that the tech giant bought ...

Minecraft is poised to get a number of updates come spring, but possibly the most significant of which is the newly unveiled Minecraft Marketplace, a standalone storefront specifically for purchasing ...

Microsoft today announced the purchase of Mojang, the Sweden-based development studio behind massive hit Minecraft. The founders of Mojang, including Markus "Notch" Persson, will all be leaving.

Minecraft, the wildly popular block-building construction game that claims more than 100 million players, is expected to be purchased for $2.5 billion by Microsoft on Monday, according to a report ...

It appears that Microsoft is prepping to follow Facebook into the YOLO territory of gaming acquisitions. The Wall Street Journal reported today that the software giant will buy the gaming company ...

Microsoft announced on Monday that it will pay $2.5 billion for the Swedish software company Mojang AB, developer of the popular Minecraft franchise. Microsoft is laying out $2.5 billion to purchase ...