STOCKHOLM/SEATTLE, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has agreed to acquire the Stockholm-based developer of the wildly popular Minecraft video game for $2.5 billion, as it tries to lure a new and ...

Microsoft has purchased Mojang, maker of the massively popular game Minecraft, for $2.5 billion. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer electronics, overseeing an experienced team of analysts ...

WATCH: Microsoft has made a big bid for Minecraft, a game that has been downloaded 100 million times since it launched in 2009. Some parents may think their kids spend too much time playing the game, ...

in a press release that it has acquired Mojang, creators of Minecraft, in a $2.5 billion deal. Furthermore, all three of Mojang’s original founders, including Markus “Notch” Persson, will be leaving ...

What started as a one-man project and quickly grew into a computer game phenomenon played by tens of millions of children and adults worldwide will be absorbed by Microsoft Corp. for $2.5 billion.

The spin-off is being made by Telltale Games which has worked on titles with more adult themes than those seen in Minecraft Minecraft maker Mojang is planning a spin-off game based on its hugely ...