The game created by Notch continues to set milestones as one of the most influential games in video game history.
In the same context in which the transformation of Mojang in Mojang Studios has been announced and it has been communicated that the studio could be working on new ideas, it has also been announced that Minecraft has exceeded 200 million units, consolidating its position as the best-selling game in video game history, above 120 million GTA 5. Although it can be argued that the different versions of Tetris have sold over 500 million units, what would give the crown the truth is that Minecraft it remains a single game among its various conversions, which also makes it deserving of this label. In any case, these are impressive figures for the modest initially independent title.
11 years of Mojang, now Mojang Studios
Coinciding with Mojang's 11th anniversary, the studio reflects on its transition from its origins as a small group in Stockholm to become an international company houses around the world under the Microsoft Games seal, which has motivated them to take the plunge to change the name to represent its new reality in which there will be room for new developments, such as Minecraft Dungeons, the first spin off of the colossus, which adopts its world, aesthetics and ideas to create a cooperative ARPG.
Founded by Markus Persson "Notch" in 2009, Mojang (which in Swedish would mean "junk") was born to continue shaping a Minecraft that had become a huge success despite being the work of a single developer, in addition to create other projects (does anyone remember Scrolls?). But Markus began to weigh all the phenomenon he had created and all the expectations that had been generated around him, so he agreed to sell his work and his studio to Microsoft in 2014 for the dizzying figure of $ 2.5 billion. . Since then the game has continued to grow unstoppably on all platforms and for having, with regular free and paid content, managing to remain an attractive option for new players and veterans around the world thanks to its infinite sandbox nature.
