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Markus Persson        

Owner of Mojang; Video Game Programmer; Designer & Creator of Minecraft

Markus Alexej "Notch" Persson is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. Persson is the owner of Mojang, the video game company he founded alongside Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser in late 2010.

His principal venture for founding Mojang was Minecraft, a first-person sandbox video game that has gained popularity and support since its tech demo in 2009. Since the release of Minecraft, Persson has gained significant notability within the video game industry, having won multiple awards and establishing relations with the industry's figureheads. Persson retained his position as the lead designer of Minecraft until the game's official launch in 2011, after which he transferred creative authority to Jens Bergensten.

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Minecraft's Markus 'Notch' Persson: 'I am not the right person to ...
Notch is no longer working on the follow-up to his smash-hit world-building game Minecraft. The indie developer says that player expectations drained the fun ...
Book Excerpt: How Minecraft Creator Markus Persson Almost Took a ...
This chapter from “Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus 'Notch' Persson and the Game that Changed Everything,” excerpted with permission of the authors, ...
Minecraft movie: creator Markus Persson in talks with Warner Bros ...
On Thursday, the game's creator Markus Persson revealed on Twitter that he is in ... Persson tweeted to his 1.5 million followers: “Someone is trying leak the fact ...
Markus 'Notch' Persson: The mind behind Minecraft (Q&A) - CNET
Markus Persson, known also by the online handle "Notch," is an indie game success story like no other. Not only did he create Minecraft, one of the most popular ...

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