Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson has shed additional light on why Minecraft will no longer be developed for the Oculus Rift, following Facebook's acquisition of developer Oculus VR earlier ...

‘The problem with getting everything, is you run out of reasons to keep trying’: Markus ‘Notch’ Persson in 2011 - EMMA JOHANSSON / DN / SCANPIX There are two primary modes in Minecraft, the wilfully ...

A few hours after it was announced that Facebook would be buying virtual reality headset maker Oculus, the creator of one of the most popular games on the market took to Twitter to express his ...

This statement reassured fans that the new game would offer the creativity and open-ended exploration that made Minecraft so beloved, while also carving its own identity. Notch’s announcement has ...

Minecraft 2 is in development…sort of. Markus “Notch” Persson, the original creator of Minecraft, is planning to create a spiritual successor to the popular video game. He polled users on X about the ...

On his Twitter, Notch posted the following message, “The new game I’m passionately working on is currently set to be a traditional roguelike (i.e. ADOM, nethack, etc) mixed with a tile based first ...

Mojang Studios was sold to Microsoft in 2014 for $2 billion. As a result, Notch left the company that same year and pursued other interests. Despite helping initiate the sale, Notch felt like a ...