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Microsoft 'Doubles Down' On Gaming With 'Minecraft' Purchase
Monday, September 15, 2014 - 4:32pm | 715Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has agreed to acquire Mojang, the company behind the popular "Minecraft" franchise, for $2.5 billion. The deal was confirmed when Mojang published a blog entitled, "Yes, we're being bought by Microsoft." "I think it makes sense...
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Microsoft Corporation May Be Eyeing Minecraft
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 9:29am | 146Read More...According to Dow Jones, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is in discussions to buy Mojang AB, the Swedish company behind the popular "Minecraft" video game, according to a person knowledgeable in the matter. The deal would be valued at more than $2 billion and could be signed as...
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Weekly Highlights: iPhone 6 Summer Release, Bitcoin Craziness And More
Sunday, March 9, 2014 - 11:12am | 159Read More...What a difference a week can make. In that time, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has become a headline-making champion with iPhone 6 release hype, promising concepts (patents, anyone?), legal disputes with Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) and the loss of a prominent executive. Bitcoin also made headlines after a man...
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Warner Bros. To Make 'Minecraft' Movie
Monday, March 3, 2014 - 12:49pm | 426Read More...Following the large-scale success of The LEGO Movie, the popular sandbox game Minecraft will be made into a major motion picture by Warner Bros. Minecraft creator Markus Persson made the announcement on Twitter last week. Warner Bros., a Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) subsidiary, acquired the rights...
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Are We Bidding Farewell to Paid Mobile Apps?
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 1:34pm | 571Read More...According to Flurry Analytics, the percentage of paid apps on the App Store fell from 20 percent in 2011 to 10 percent in 2013. That’s a 10 percent drop in two years, and the trend is likely to continue. In general, Flurry said, people seemed to want free content even if it meant putting up...
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Minecraft Creator Challenges Bethesda to a Game of Quake
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 12:11pm | 240Read More...Now that's one way to settle a lawsuit. Sick and tired of the legal nonsense surrounding Scrolls (a new game from Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson) and The Elder Scrolls (a role-playing franchise from Bethesda), Persson has challenged Bethesda to a battle in Quake 3. “Three of our best...
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Minecraft, Eve Online, and Escapist Magazine Among Latest Victims of Hacker Attacks
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 3:35pm | 575Read More...Merely days after I speculated that Sony (NYSE: SNE) was the inspiration for the numerous hacker attacks that have occurred over the past six weeks, the Washington Post reports that Minecraft, Eve Online, League of Legends and Escapist Magazine have been taken down by a denial-of-service attack....
