Jens Bergensten Jens Bergensten Jens "Jeb" Bergensten is a Swedish video game designer. Since December 2010, he has worked for the video game developer Mojang as a programmer and game designer. He became the lead designer and lead developer of the indie sandbox game "Minecraft", after Markus "Notch" Persson stepped down from his position in December 2011. He is known by his in-game name "jeb_". Bergensten started programming his first games at age 11 using BASIC and Turbo Pascal. By age 21, he was a mapper and modder for the first-person shooter "Quake III Arena". Later he worked as a C++ and
Minecraft beta for it launched on the Windows Store on 29 July 2015. This version has the ability to play with Xbox Live friends, and to play local multiplayer with owners of "Minecraft" on mobile platforms. Other features include the ability to use multiple control schemes, such as a gamepad, keyboard, or touchscreen (for Microsoft Surface and other touchscreen-enabled devices), virtual reality support, and to record and take screenshots in-game via the built-in GameDVR. An Xbox 360 version of the game, developed by 4J Studios, was released on 9 May 2012. On 22 March 2012, it was announced that "Minecraft" would