Microsoft Looking To Buy Minecraft Developer Mojang [Confirmed]

<p><strong>Update&colon; 2&num;&colon; <&sol;strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;microsoft&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;news&sol;press&sol;2014&sol;sept14&sol;09-15news&period;aspx">Microsoft<&sol;a> and developer <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;mojang&period;com&sol;2014&sol;09&sol;yes-were-being-bought-by-microsoft&sol;">Mojang <&sol;a>have confirmed the former&&num;8217&semi;s reaching an agreement to acquire the latter&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Minecraft<&sol;em> series for &dollar;2&period;5 billion&period; <em>Minecraft<&sol;em>&comma; one of the most popular PC games of all time with over 100 million active users&comma; will be joining the ranks of the company behind such blockbusters are <em>Halo<&sol;em>&comma; <em>Gears of War<&sol;em>&comma; and <em>Forza<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mojan has also posted a basic Q&amp&semi;A for gamers concerned and curious about the news&comma; which you can <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;mojang&period;com&sol;2014&sol;09&sol;yes-were-being-bought-by-microsoft&sol;">read on their website<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Update 1&num;&colon; <&sol;strong>New <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theverge&period;com&sol;2014&sol;9&sol;13&sol;6144359&sol;microsoft-minecraft-deal-rumors">reports by The Verge<&sol;a> suggest that Minecraft developer Mojang may&comma; in fact&comma; announce its sale of Minecraft to Microsoft in full bright and early this coming Monday&period; The price tag&quest; It&&num;8217&semi;s reportedly going for &dollar;2&period;5 billion&period; Tune in on Monday for more details as they come in&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Original Story&colon;<&sol;strong> A new article by the Wall Street Journal suggests the Swedish studio behind Minecraft&comma; Mojang&comma; is about to be bought by Microsoft&period;  According to &&num;8221&semi;a person with knowledge of the  matter&&num;8221&semi;&comma; the deal could be signed next week and is said to be worth more than &dollar;2 billion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If true this acquisition could be a huge success  for Microsoft&comma; who are looking for exclusive content to help boost Xbox One sales&period; Minecraft is consistently one of the top ten selling games in the U&period;S&period; and has already sold over 50 million units&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The question is&comma; would Mojang really accept such an offer&quest; Currently the company is completely owned by its three co-founders&semi; Marcus &&num;8221&semi;Notch&&num;8221&semi; Perrson&comma; Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser&period; Both Notch and Manneh have publicly spoken out against giving up their independence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We&&num;8217&semi;l bring you more news on this story as soon as it becomes available&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;online&period;wsj&period;com&sol;articles&sol;microsoft-near-deal-to-buy-minecraft-1410300213">Wall Street Journal<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;