Microsoft Says It Will Pay $2.5 Billion for Company That Created Minecraft

Microsoft agreed Monday to buy the company behind Minecraft, the game world generation equipment, for $ 2.5 billion in cash in a deal intended to add the immensely popular title content to their actions.
Last week, Microsoft was reported to be in talks to buy the company to ensure that the games were available for device family.

As part of the agreement, employees of Mojang, the Swedish developer who created Minecraft, will join Microsoft Studios, which already publishes games like Halo blockbuster.

However, it seems like Halo and Minecraft level graphics Hollywood. Their world’s blocks as Legos are pixelated. But the gameplay - focused on building elaborate virtual structures - has attracted a huge following and dedicated worldwide.

Games remain one of the major categories of applications, including mobile devices. Adding one of the most popular offerings could help bolster Microsoft Windows series of devices, including phones and tablets.
In a press release, Microsoft said its cloud and mobile offerings could help add more sophisticated world’s development tools and ways for players to connect with each other.

"The game is a top activity involving devices from computers and consoles to tablets and mobile, with billions of hours spent each year," Satya Nadella, chief executive of Microsoft, said in a statement. "Minecraft is a great game in the franchise - it is a platform for open world, led by a vibrant community that we care deeply rich with new opportunities for the community and for Microsoft."

A person who does not stick around to see what changes are in store for the game, however, is the creator of Minecraft, Markus Persson. Mr. Persson - better known by his gamer tag Notch - wrote in a blog entry unusually frank exactly why Mojang would go after the close of the transaction, which is expected later this year.

Instead of participating in fist-bumps or write a letter to users on how to sell your baby only expand the horizons of Minecraft, Mr. Persson sounded like he was having a huge tumor removed from his body. He described the pressures of being the figurehead of such a large and influential as the excess game for him to bear.

"I have become a symbol," wrote Mr. Persson. "I do not want to be a symbol, responsible for something huge that I do not understand, that I do not want to work, that keeps coming back to me. I am not a businessman’s Not a CEO I'm a programmer nerd computers who likes to have comments on Twitter ".
Mr. Persson and Mojang had repeatedly rejected pleas for public procurement in the past, but by the time Microsoft made a first approach about three months ago, the game developer was willing to consider a retreat.