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
Crown and Council once they have eliminated every enemy, regardless of actual remaining neutral tiles. There are 75 maps, with the possibility of additional maps being procedurally generated. The game was developed entirely by Mojang programmer Henrik Pettersson. It was originally conceived in a 72-hour game jam, and was inspired by the games "History of the World" and "Slay". Pettersson described the game as "experimental", and that while Mojang remains "a "Minecraft" company doing "Minecraft" things" and that most of the prototyping happens within the "Minecraft" environment, developpers have some time set aside to work on their own ideas. As a hobby project,