Markus Persson, also known as “Notch,” is the developer and creator of Minecraft. The open-world sandbox game focuses on building, crafting, and mining within a randomly generated virtual world, and ...

Markus "Notch" Persson, the creator of Minecraft, made a rare appearance online on July 7, 2025, and stirred up a heated debate in the gaming world. After being quiet on social media for a while, ...

This statement reassured fans that the new game would offer the creativity and open-ended exploration that made Minecraft so beloved, while also carving its own identity. Notch’s announcement has ...

The man who made the grand, open-ended Minecraft appears to want to go bigger with his next game. Markus “Notch” Persson and his team at Mojang have launched an official website for the new game—which ...

The creator of Minecraft, known online as Notch, has come out in support of the ideas associated with the Stop Killing Games movement and spoken directly about the EU petition. Notch’s comments come ...

A couple weeks back, Markus “Notch” Persson said he wanted to explore the possibility of a space-trading Firefly-inspired sandbox game akin to Firefly. It now appears that was a huge put-on. For April ...

Mojang Studios was sold to Microsoft in 2014 for $2 billion. As a result, Notch left the company that same year and pursued other interests. Despite helping initiate the sale, Notch felt like a ...

Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has seemingly announced that he intends to start working on Minecraft 2 in a post on social media. In typical Notch style, he has been very active and saying a ...

The 16th annual Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) will honour Markus "Notch" Persson and Tracy Fullerton with the Ambassador and Pioneer Awards at GDC next month. Persson will receive the Pioneer ...

The survival of online games has been a hot topic of conversation over the last week, following the shutdown of online servers and discontinuation of support for several different titles. And it looks ...