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 virtual reality devices. On 31 July 2017, Mojang released the beta version of the update allowing cross-platform play. Realms also supports the Xbox One, Windows 10, Android, iOS, and Kindle platforms. Markus "Notch" Persson began developing the game as a project. He was inspired to create "Minecraft" by several other games such as "Dwarf Fortress", "Dungeon Keeper", and later "Infiniminer". At the time, he had visualized an isometric 3D building game that would be a cross between his inspirations and had made some early prototypes. "Infiniminer" heavily influenced the style of gameplay, including the first-person aspect of the game, the