Minecraft’s creator argues piracy isn’t theft if publishers treat purchases like licences. Markus “Notch” Persson weighed in on the Stop Killing Games campaign, tweeting that if a purchased game is ...

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To confirm the removal of Notch references, decrepitlab looked inside the game's files and found that the messages "Made by Notch!" and "The work of Notch!" are no longer in the list of splash text ...

Minecraft--one of the biggest games in the world and a touchstone of untold millions of childhoods--turns 10 this year. It's a little hard to believe, especially since it seems so recently that the ...

Markus 'Notch' Persson, the creator of Minecraft, has announced a shift to "vibe coding" due to challenges in finding skilled ...

Minecraft is still one of the most popular games in the world. It has 91 million monthly active players, according to Microsoft. And now The Minecraft Team is working to ensure the game doesn’t open ...

Notch and the other founders of Mojang are selling their studio and Minecraft to Microsoft for $2.5 billion. In a blog post announcing the sale, Mojang's Owen Hill broke down the reasons for the sale, ...

The man responsible for Minecraft was holding a grudge against Facebook and Oculus VR, but it looks like his resolve is waning. Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson said on Twitter that he is no ...

With the recent purchase of Oculus VR by Facebook, Notch took to Twitter to announce that he was canceling the deal for an Oculus version of Minecraft. GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and ...

Microsoft has removed all mention of Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson from the game's splash screens. 19w13a is the latest version of Minecraft, and in the patch, Microsoft made an unusual ...

Multiple messages referencing the original creator of Minecraft have been removed from the game in its latest update. While Markus 'Notch' Persson is still featured in the game's credits, his name has ...

Commentary: You need to understand a child's innocent passion for Minecraft to know why today's news had such a deep impact across the globe. Seamus Byrne is CNET's Editor for Australia and Asia. At ...