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In the book however, Nadella recounts an anecdote that adds another wrinkle: Microsoft had a chance to buy Mojang earlier than had previously been reported, but ultimately decided not to move forward.

When Microsoft bought Mojang, the makers of the insanely popular Minecraft, in a surprise $2.5 billion deal in September 2014, nobody knew what to think. The game seemed an odd fit for ...

Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson has asked his millions of followers what game he should make next, and most want 'Minecraft 2.' ...

A new controversy arose recently when YouTuber Kian Brose posted an explosive video declaring that he was trying to sue Minecraft and parent company Mojang ... against the Microsoft-owned team.