NEW YORK -- Microsoft will acquire the maker of the popular game Minecraft for $2.5 billion. The technology company said it will buy Stockholm-based game maker Mojang. Minecraft, which lets users ...

Microsoft's 50th anniversary celebration has now arrived in Minecraft. It has come with a batch of retro-themed and free character creator items that can be snagged by the players easily without any ...

Minecraft celebrates Microsoft's 50th anniversary with some free and retro-themed character creator items. The players can snag the nostalgic cosmetics without any quests, coupons or purchases. The ...

STOCKHOLM/SEATTLE (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 mostly young ...

Markus "Notch" Persson, the founder of the immensely popular world-building game Minecraft, is stepping down following Microsoft's $2.5 billion acquisition of Minecraft maker Mojang Monday morning. In ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft will acquire the maker of the long-running hit game Minecraft for $2.5 billion as the company continues to invest in its Xbox gaming platform and looks to grab attention on ...

THE technology company said it will buy Stockholm-based game maker Mojang. Minecraft, which lets users build in and explore a virtual world, has been downloaded 100 million times on PC alone since its ...

Los Angeles - Software giant Microsoft is acquiring the maker of the game Minecraft, both companies said on Monday. Microsoft is buying Swedish-based videogame developer Mojang for $2.5-billion in a ...

Microsoft Gaming’s Kayleen Walters has been promoted to head of the company’s Stockholm-based “Minecraft” maker, Mojang Studios, as current chief Åsa Bredin exits the Swedish video game developer. Per ...