Markuspersson

Markus Persson

  • Persson was born

    Born in Ystad, Sweden
  • Started Programming

    Started Programming
    He began programming on a Commodore 128 home computer at the age of seven
  • Mojang

    Mojang
    Mojang was founded by Markus Persson and two other co-founders
  • Minecraft Pocket edition

    Minecraft Pocket edition
  • Minecraft

    Minecraft
    Created a game called Minecraft which has over 5 million sales and 25 million registered users!
  • Minecon

    Minecon
    Minecon, a convention for minecraft. The full game was released at this date also.
  • Scrolls

    Scrolls
    Scrolls was released, Another one of Mojang's Games.
    Mojang was sued by Bethesda Softworks because the title to Scrolls was too close to their game, called 'The Elder Scrolls'
  • Mars Effect

    Set date for Markus 'Notch' Persson's game called 0x10c
    A site has been named Mars Effect as a parody of Mass Effect.
    It's also cited that the lawsuit from Bethesda Softworks as an influence for this parody
  • Minecraft for Free

    A free, legal server for people with a 'cracked' version of minecraft, or a free version. The server was shut down at 1 p.m. and Persson recieved multiple death threats
  • Minecraft on Xbox

    Minecraft on Xbox
    Minecraft on xbox is planned for this date