Mojang Mojang Mojang AB ( "gadget") is a Swedish video game developer and publisher founded in May 2009 under the name Mojang Specifications by game programmer Markus Persson, best known for creating the popular independent game "Minecraft", a sandbox game. Mojang's company headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden. In September 2014, Microsoft acquired Mojang at a valuation of 2.5 billion USD. Following a paid trip and employment offer from Valve Corporation in early September 2010, Markus Persson founded Mojang alongside Jakob Porsér, with Carl Manneh later brought in as a CEO, as Persson desired to run a self-made independent studio for
Minecraft its release, the "Minecraft VR" mod was discontinued by its developer due to trademark complaints issued by Microsoft, and "Vivecraft" was endorsed by the community makers of the "Minecraft VR" modification due to its Rift support and being superior to the original "Minecraft VR" mod. Also available is a Gear VR version, titled "Minecraft: Gear VR Edition". Windows Mixed Reality support was added in 2017. The only officially supported VR versions of "Minecraft" are "Minecraft: Gear VR Edition" and "Minecraft" on Windows 10 for Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. A wide variety of user-generated downloadable content for "Minecraft",