Mojang Studios

Mojang AB (full Swedish name: Mojäng Aktiebolag—Swedish for "Gadget Ltd."), pronounced /mʊˈjɛŋ/ (muu-YENG), also known as Mojang, and originally Mojang Specifications, is a previously independent video game developer, primarily known for the creation and development of Minecraft. It was founded by Markus Persson, Jakob Porsér, and Carl Manneh. Located in Stockholm, Sweden, Mojang currently has 46 employees. Mojang publicly announced on September 15 that they were going to be bought by Microsoft, and became part of Microsoft Studios on November 6th, 2014.

Employees
[[File:Minecraftthumb.png|thumb|center|735px|List of employees currently in Mojang AB:

Top row, left to right: Jens Bergensten, Daniel Kaplan, Markus Toivonen, Aron Nieminen, Daniel Frisk, Mattis Grahm

Middle row, left to right: Lydia Winters, Henrik Pettersson, Leonard Axelsson, Jon Kågström, Kristoffer Jelbring, Marc Watson

Bottom row, left to right: Karin Severinson, Erik Broes, Nathan Adams, Måns Olson, Johan Bernhardsson, Patrick Geuder

Not included: Mathias Andersson, Vu Bui, Tommaso Checchi, Poi Poi Chen, Nasim Derakhshan, Owen Hill, Lisa Kempe, Anna Klingberg, David Marby, Jonas Mårtensson, Amir Moulavi, Hampus Nilsson, Martin Odhelius, Jonatan Pöljö, Tomas Sommar, Michael Stoyke, Aleksandra Zajac, Pär Axelsson, Olle Personne, Matilda Åkerman, Sarah Mårtensson, David Stuart Dahlgren, Shoghi Cervantes, Siri Hoel Andersson, Brandon Andersson, Talia Grunt, Milla Stone, and Karl Lowry ]]

Scrolls


Scrolls is another Mojang game which was first conceived and developed by Jakob Porsér. Its lead designer is now Måns Olson and its production manager is Henrik Pettersson. Announced on March 2, 2011, it aims to combine elements from trading card games and traditional board game in the strategy genre. The game was first made available to a limited number of people through alpha keys giveaways, starting from July 5, 2012. It then hit beta on June 3, 2013 since when it is purchasable at a discounted price. Its full release date is December 12, 2014.

In August 2011, Mojang was threatened with legal action by the legal team representing ZeniMax Media, with the accusation being that the title "Scrolls" infringes on the The Elder Scrolls trademark, a series of role-playing video games published by Bethesda Softworks (a ZeniMax Media subsidiary). In mid-October 2011, the court case was won by Mojang, and one employee described the outcome as "the court saw it from our side". No further action will be taken against Mojang, and the name, "Scrolls" will remain.

Cobalt


Cobalt is a game developed by Oxeye Game Studio and published by Mojang. Cobalt is an action game of "running, jumping, rolling, shooting, throwing, dancing, hacking, rolling, flying, sliding, climbing, looting, deflecting, racing, piñata-ing, passing, scoring… and even more rolling!" Cobalt is written in Lua and will be released for Windows, Mac and Linux this autumn, although it will be released for Windows first.

Cobalt Theme Song:

0x10c


Following the end to his involvement with Minecraft, Notch began pre-production of an alternate reality space game set in the distant future on March 2012. On April Fools' Day, Mojang launched a satirical website for Mars Effect, citing the lawsuit with Bethesda as an inspiration. However, the gameplay elements remained true and on April 4, Mojang revealed 0x10c as a space sandbox title. It was eventually archived by Notch, as he didn't have the inspiration any more.