NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft will acquire the maker of the long-running hit game Minecraft for $2.5 billion as the company continues to invest in its Xbox gaming platform and looks to grab attention on ...

NEW YORK -- Microsoft will acquire the maker of the popular game Minecraft for $2.5 billion. The technology company said it will buy Stockholm-based game maker Mojang. Minecraft, which lets users ...

Markus Persson, aka "Notch"—the legendary creator of "Minecraft"—has revealed in a recent blog post that all characters in his game occupy a genderless space. Persson writes that despite the main ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The creator of Minecraft, known online as Notch, has come out in support of the ideas associated ...

Minecraft 2 is in development…sort of. Markus “Notch” Persson, the original creator of Minecraft, is planning to create a spiritual successor to the popular video game. He polled users on X about the ...