The man behind Minecraft can add another “notch” to his list of accolades. The Game Developers Choice Awards, which give out peer-voted honors during the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco ...

Markus Persson, perhaps better known as 'Notch', is a Swedish developer with an eclectic CV: Wurm Online, Luxor, Funny Farm... Oh, and Minecraft, the construction/survival indie game that became a ...

Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has revealed over the New Year that he’s “basically announced” Minecraft 2. The original Minecraft is the best-selling video game of all time, and originally launched back in ...

Markus Persson, aka Notch, aka the guy who created Minecraft, will be presented with a Pioneer Award at this year's Game Developers Choice Awards. Tracy Fullerton, a leading educational figure at the ...

Whenever a cool startup is bought by an established company social media goes crazy. This time the angriest bird is the man behind one of the most successful games on the market. Minecraft creator ...

Playing video games can make you money and, as Markus “Notch” Persson has found out, it can make you a billionaire. The 35-year-old creator of popular video game “Minecraft” and cofounder of gaming ...

“It’s not about the money. It’s about my sanity.” That’s how Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson closed a blog post detailing his decision to leave his studio, Mojang, after selling it to ...

While Persson was a good student, he found life at school difficult after his family moved to Stockholm when he was in second grade. Unable to make new friends easily, he became ever closer to the ...

Markus “Notch” Persson is the latest victim of a celebrity death hoax on social media. Pic credit: Forbes/YouTube Markus Persson, better known as Notch, is the billionaire creator of Minecraft. A ...

The L.A. area’s unusually hot ultra-luxury real estate market ended 2014 with yet another mega-sale. Swedish video-game billionaire Markus Persson bought a Beverly Hills mansion built by handbag ...

A few hours after it was announced that Facebook would be buying virtual reality headset maker Oculus, the creator of one of the most popular games on the market took to Twitter to express his ...

Life after God: Markus Persson became a deity to millions in his virtual world Minecraft's Markus Persson then abruptly took $2.5 billion and walked away. A look inside the deal of the year-and the ...