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Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson is currently ranked as the second most-influential person in the world in this year’s Time 100 Poll. Voting is still open if you want to throw your own hat in the ring.

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The funded-by-Notch turn-based strategy RPG sequel Age of Wonders III saw the light of day at GDC today in the form of some pre-alpha gameplay footage.

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0x10c creator Notch has revealed that he is working on a ship editor for his mind-bending space game, and has also downplayed the game’s appearance at Minecon following a slip-up on Twitter.

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0x10c is being streamed live on Twitch TV by Notch, who is testing out the multiplayer in his sandbox game. Watch it here.

New 0x10c footage has been released by Notch, and according to the game maker, he wants the game to feel a bit like Firefly.

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Mojang is probably used to being nominated for awards and receiving praise by now, but this one is verging on the ludicrous. The Minecraft developer has been nominated for an award that recognises the best-looking office spaces in Sweden.

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Minecraft’s gravy train keeps rolling, as Mojang doubled its earning in its second financial year, MCV Nordic reports.

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Minecraft creator, Markus “Notch” Persson took to Reddit last night to take part in an ‘Ask me anything’ Q&A session with fans, revealing the developers thoughts on the modding community and the prospect of future updates.

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Notch has teased something called Hyperplayer Mode in 0x10c, his latest title currently in development. The mode is listed above the multiplayer and single-player options in the game’s title screen. The image, posted through here was tweeted by Notch along with: “Niiiice, the title screen uses the unified rendering and lighting code now!” Whatever that means. We’re developmentally challenged. Take that for what it means or with ambiguous connotations. We don’t really care either way. Not much is known about the game so far, only that it takes place in the future inside a parallel universe where players will participate in space battles, mining, trading, and looting. Thanks, GameSpy.

A teaser video for Notch’s 0x10c space sim is below. The developer said the title is still “extremely early in development,” but like with Minecraft, Mojang expects to release it early to allow the players help “shape the game as it grows.” The title’s cost is still undecided, but “it’s likely there will be a monthly fee for joining the Multiverse,” as the team plans to “emulate all computers and physics even when players aren’t logged in.” The single-player portion won’t be saddled with any recurring fees. Thanks, EvilAvatar.

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Minecraft creator and BAFTA winner Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has told the BBC he’s currently working on a “space game,” a project which he intends to start work on in seriousness this summer.

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Although Mojang’s founder really likes Steam, he’s wary of one platform dominating the PC market.

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Markus “Notch” Persson has said it will be a while before Tim Schafer will have the time to begin work on Psychonauts 2.

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Markus “Notch” Persson has taken to Twitter to announce Mojang and ZeniMax, have reached an agreement over the use of the title Scrolls.

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Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has confirmed that Minecraft has now sold 5.2 million units since it first went into a public alpha state in 2009.

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BAFTA’s announced it’s to reward the Special Award to Mojang’s Markus ‘Notch’ Persson at the BAFTA Video Game Awards next week.

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Following comments that a sequel had been pitched “several times” to no avail this morning, Mojang boss Markus Persson has publicly offered on Twitter Double Fine head Tim Schafer to fund Psychonauts 2.

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GDC organizers have announced a Star Wars: The Old Republic postmortem as well as a Q&A featuring Markus “Notch” Persson as part of the lineup for the show’s Main Conference.

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“Piracy is not a solution to anything,” says Minecraft creator Notch. The Swedish developer has never really hidden his views on piracy. Summarised, the Minecraft creator considers software theft a “minor offense” overall, something on par with jaywalking or littering.

It’s not really surprising then, that when a fan commented that he loved the game but couldn’t afford a copy for himself, the creator suggested that he “just pirate it“. Almost as an afterthought, “don’t forget to feel bad.”
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Ahead of the full game’s release today, Nathan Grayson takes look at how Minecraft changed the games industry whilst still in its infancy, and how it will further continue to revolutionise it in the future.

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