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 "FortressCraft", "Terraria", and "Total Miner". David Frampton, designer of "The Blockheads", reported that one failure of his 2D game was the "low resolution pixel art" that too closely resembled the art in "Minecraft" which resulted in "some resistance" from fans. A homebrew adaptation of the alpha version of "Minecraft" for the Nintendo DS, titled "DScraft", has been released; it has been noted for its similarity to the original game considering the technical limitations of the system. In response to Microsoft's acquisition of Mojang and their "Minecraft" IP, various developers announced even further clone titles that were being developed specifically for