In Minecraft, Microsoft is taking control of a game that has become a cultural phenomenon. Markus Persson, though, is bidding adieu. Minecraft runs on PCs, mobile devices and video game consoles like ...

Microsoft is in talks to acquire Swedish game company, Mojang. If the $2 billion deal for the maker of Minecraft goes through, the mobs, skeletons, zombies — and most importantly — the company's ...

According to Nadella's newly released book, Hit Refresh, the company's former CEOs and his predecessors didn't necessarily understand the appeal of the $2.5 billion purchase of Minecraft at the time.

STOCKHOLM/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has agreed to acquire the Stockholm-based developer of the wildly popular Minecraft video game for $2.5 billion, as it tries to lure a new and ...