Minecraft in his performances. A simulation of the game was featured in Lady Gaga's "G.U.Y." music video. The game is also referenced heavily in "Informative Murder Porn", the second episode of the seventeenth season of the animated television series "South Park". "Luca$", the seventeenth episode of the 25th season of the animated sitcom "The Simpsons" was inspired by "Minecraft"; Persson responded by tweeting "I'm not sure how I feel about it." After the release of "Minecraft", some video games were released with various similarities with "Minecraft", and some were called "clones" of the game. Examples include "Ace of Spades", "CastleMiner", "CraftWorld",
Mojang of Kibera in the Nairobi area of Kenya. On 15 September 2014, Microsoft announced a deal to acquire Mojang for $2.5 billion in a deal made official on 6 November 2014. With their stakes in the company bought out, the three founders, Markus Persson, Carl Manneh, and Jakob Porsér left the company. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated that a major reason for acquiring Mojang was HoloLens. In February 2018, server support for "Scrolls" ended, with Mojang having ceased development of the title. The game was re-released the following June, as a free-to-play product, structured around community servers, with the new