On this day 10 years ago, Microsoft acquired #Minecraft developer Mojang for US$2.5 billion. - eviltoast

On this day 10 years ago, Microsoft acquired #Minecraft developer Mojang for US$2.5 billion.
https://minecraft.wiki/w/Mojang_Studios#History

In a blog post announcing the purchase, Owen Jones wrote: “Everything is going to be OK. <3”
http://web.archive.org/web/20140915131835/https://mojang.com/2014/09/yes-were-being-bought-by-microsoft/

Ten years later, Mojang now has been part of Microsoft almost twice as long as it has been independent.

It’s interesting to look back at the original announcement video from Xbox as well:
https://youtu.be/lXNWchwDiG8

@minecraft

    • Blaster M@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Factorio is always the same price… and the big 2.0 update is next month… with a paid DLC Expansion coming.

      • WIPocket@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        Well, kinda the same price, they sometimes up it to account for inflation. I do see the DLC difference (this could be said to be an equivalent of for example Minecraft Dungeons with the amount of content, but I see how it is kinda “more of the same”). Anyway, the 2.0 update does bring a lot to the base game for free.