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

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  • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Yeah, apparently he decided to go hard alt-right at some point. Apparently with nothing better to do now that he’s retired from Minecraft development, he amuses himself by posting racist, anti-LGBT, and QAnon horseshit.

    So much so that Microsoft actually removed him from the credits.

    • sketelon@eviltoast.orgEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      That’s wild that they try to change history like that, he was literally the sole developer of the original game, creating it entirely for a programming competition right? Even if he’s following stupid conspiracies you shouldn’t be trying to change history to suit your narrative, that’s something actual racists try to do.

      • ferret@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        I mean, it’s not like notch’s contributions to the game are hidden or something. It’s extremely common knowledge. And no one reads the Minecraft credits anyway, the entire scroll is more than an hour long!

    • FlaxEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      I am pretty sure he is still in the credits. They just removed random references to him in the splash texts, including an outdated one about his ex wife