In a move that will shock many, Mojang has finally confirmed the rumours. Microsoft is buying them out, and so Minecraft & Scrolls will be owned by Microsoft. See their official blog post as the source.
Of course they will be leaving, they will be filthy rich:
It's not the end of the world though, so let's just wait and see what happens to Minecraft development, shall we? Minecraft died out for me a long time ago anyway, as apart from building there really isn't much else to it and that does get boring rather quickly.
Microsoft isn't exactly known for good gaming decisions, though, so anything could happen. I just hope Mojang still get the creative freedom they had under the previous heads.
I wouldn't be surprised if Notch, Carl and Jakob created a new company with all that cash and continued making games.
It could even be that the original heads of Mojang have drifted apart and wanted to move onto something completely new. It happens.
How do you feel about this?
For those looking for an open source alternative Minetest has you covered. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
QuoteYes, the deal is real. Mojang is being bought by Microsoft.
QuoteThough it’s too early to confirm which of us will continue working on Minecraft or other projects, we predict that the vast majority (if not all) Mojangstas will continue to work at Mojang for the time being.
The founders: Notch, Carl, and Jakob are leaving. We don’t know what they’re planning. It won’t be Minecraft-related but it will probably be cool.
Of course they will be leaving, they will be filthy rich:
It's not the end of the world though, so let's just wait and see what happens to Minecraft development, shall we? Minecraft died out for me a long time ago anyway, as apart from building there really isn't much else to it and that does get boring rather quickly.
Microsoft isn't exactly known for good gaming decisions, though, so anything could happen. I just hope Mojang still get the creative freedom they had under the previous heads.
I wouldn't be surprised if Notch, Carl and Jakob created a new company with all that cash and continued making games.
It could even be that the original heads of Mojang have drifted apart and wanted to move onto something completely new. It happens.
How do you feel about this?
For those looking for an open source alternative Minetest has you covered. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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seven 15 Sep 2014
so we can expect minecraft 2 soon exclusively on xbox.... it will (hopefully) fail
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Teal 15 Sep 2014
Congrats to Notch; he made a deal not a many people could pride themselves for.
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Teal 15 Sep 2014
so we can expect minecraft 2 soon exclusively on xbox.... it will (hopefully) fail
As if it mattered.
There's already, without exaggeration, a dozen or more Minecraft clones and spinoffs. The brand doesn't really mean that much anymore.
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Maokei 15 Sep 2014
well the official minecraft is dead to me now, bring in the clones!
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natewardawg 15 Sep 2014
I'm pretty sure this is an admission by Microsoft of the failure of Project Sparc.
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Crazy Penguin 15 Sep 2014
Oh well! Congratulations Notch for pulling Microsoft over the Table. 2,5 Billion Dollar is just insane xD.
But what will that mean for Minecraft now?
Will we ever see the promised Mod-API or is that off the table now too?
BTW: Didn't Notch promise to release the Source if he looses interest in developing Minecraft? What happened to that? :P
But what will that mean for Minecraft now?
Will we ever see the promised Mod-API or is that off the table now too?
BTW: Didn't Notch promise to release the Source if he looses interest in developing Minecraft? What happened to that? :P
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Belarrius 15 Sep 2014
Now, going to Minetest, or StarMade with "minecraft like" mod :p
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Crazy Penguin 15 Sep 2014
well the official minecraft is dead to me now, bring in the clones!
For clones you might have a look at http://www.voxelands.com/ :)
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Segata Sanshiro 15 Sep 2014
Guess Notch just took $2.5 billion from Microsoft for something they won't be able to do anything with. I would have done the exact same thing in his position.
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ArminS 15 Sep 2014
In my opinion, Microsoft managed it to ruin Banjo Tooie, Age of Empires (ruined Ensemble Studios anyway), and even Windows itself. They fight OpenGL and I hate super big companies anyway. Nothing more to say here. Minecraft is dead for me, mb time to to sell something.
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Notch is quitting: http://pastebin.com/n1qTeikM https://twitter.com/notch/status/511508557200498688
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marcelomendes 15 Sep 2014
well the official minecraft is dead to me now, bring in the clones!
Very promissing [http://store.steampowered.com/app/254200/](http://store.steampowered.com/app/254200/). Has a linux test build for the owners.
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pd12 15 Sep 2014
I actually played [Minetest](http://www.minetest.net/) for a bit. It's another open source clone (never bought minecraft), with really cool mods!
If I was one of the creators, of course I'd bail after selling and becoming filthy rich =D
Then probably start a company like SpaceX =P
I don't see the Minecraft game being sustainable (both enjoyment-wise and population-wise) in the long term anyway (think 10 years). Looks like M$ made a stupid move lol, buying Minecraft IP for 2.5bil o.O
Imagine if [Star Citizen](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/funding-goals) got that amount of money! (I reckon Star Citizen is a game that *could* be sustainable for over 10 years. The devs are legit community and fan-focused, listening to feedback and creating a game with the biggest scope of all time, becoming the Best Damn Space Sim Ever! (And will probably supersede Tribes 1 as my favourite game of all time.
If I was one of the creators, of course I'd bail after selling and becoming filthy rich =D
Then probably start a company like SpaceX =P
I don't see the Minecraft game being sustainable (both enjoyment-wise and population-wise) in the long term anyway (think 10 years). Looks like M$ made a stupid move lol, buying Minecraft IP for 2.5bil o.O
Imagine if [Star Citizen](https://robertsspaceindustries.com/funding-goals) got that amount of money! (I reckon Star Citizen is a game that *could* be sustainable for over 10 years. The devs are legit community and fan-focused, listening to feedback and creating a game with the biggest scope of all time, becoming the Best Damn Space Sim Ever! (And will probably supersede Tribes 1 as my favourite game of all time.
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Mohandevir 15 Sep 2014
so we can expect minecraft 2 soon exclusively on xbox.... it will (hopefully) failAs if it mattered.
There's already, without exaggeration, a dozen or more Minecraft clones and spinoffs. The brand doesn't really mean that much anymore.
I wouldn't be surprised if they lock the thing to Windows only and sue anybody that uses that kind of block system so they stop using it... Would not be a never before seen way of doing business for M$$$...
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HadBabits 15 Sep 2014
Notch is quitting: [http://pastebin.com/n1qTeikM](http://pastebin.com/n1qTeikM) https://twitter.com/notch/status/511508557200498688
He mentions a really informative video, but I don't suggest reading the comments.
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amatai 15 Sep 2014
Minecraft is the game that have the best sales on PC and on linux. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#PC
Furthermore, minecraft is the third most sold game in the world.
So I don't understand why Notch ask only 2.5B$, minecraft worth a lot more.
Furthermore, minecraft is the third most sold game in the world.
So I don't understand why Notch ask only 2.5B$, minecraft worth a lot more.
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EKRboi 15 Sep 2014
What I want to know is what Mojang has up it's sleeve that we dont know about. Minecraft cannot be worth that kind of $$.
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Microsoft is "Breaking Bad" and Minecraft will be ported to .NET!!!
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Hamish 15 Sep 2014
I'm not a very normal person however so I would try to find ways in which to multiply this amount of money so I could bribe governments into creating some laws and changing existing ones to vastly improve the general quality of life for the lower and middle class folks in that community. Things like reinventing education and re-designing the political system to diminsh corruption and safeguard against falsified data. Things in that general direction.
I do not see how bribing governments with your extreme wealth would equal diminishing corruption since taking bribes is in many ways the height of corruption...
But that is off topic, not that I am terribly bothered with the topic, but anyway...
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aL 15 Sep 2014
I suspect however that they will either separately or together craft a triple A video game company, and enjoy only needing to do the part of game development they enjoy the most while leaving the rest of the work up to others, be that design, programming or storywriting. That's probably what I'd do if I were a normal person.
If you read the notch post about this, he says he doesnt want to be on the spotlight. He intends to do with the money whatever cool project cross his mind... and that he will stop on sight any project that brings him to the spotlight again.
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