It has happened again, another small company has gotten huge and got bought out. According to the mojang.com site, Minecraft has gotten to big and Twitch is selling it to Microsoft.

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Here are the highlights from the mojang website

Why did you sell minecraft?

Minecraft has grown from a simple game to a project of monumental significance. Though we’re massively proud of what Minecraft has become, it was never Notch’s intention for it to get this big.

What about the other editions of Minecraft? Will they stop being developed?

There’s no reason for the development, sales, and support of the PC/Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4, Vita, iOS, and Android versions of Minecraft to stop. Of course, Microsoft can’t make decisions for other companies or predict the choices that they might make in the future.

Is the game going to change? Will we still be able to make videos, mods, awesome builds, and all the cool stuff we’ve created over the past few years?

Minecraft will continue to evolve, just like it has since the start of development. We don’t know specific plans for Minecraft’s future yet, but we do know that everyone involved wants the community to grow and become even more amazing than it’s ever been. Stopping players making cool stuff is not in anyone’s interests.

How much money was the company bought for?

Microsoft acquired Mojang for a smooth 2.5 BILLION dollars.

 


Information referenced from: https://mojang.com/2014/09/yes-were-being-bought-by-microsoft/