Life seems so much easier now for Markus Persson. At 35, one of the most famous computer game developers of all time is semi-retired after selling his company Mojang and its hit title Minecraft to ...

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 ...

For many developers, the allure of creating a hit application and raking in lots of money is enough to justify long hours and months, if not years, of thankless work spent hunched over a computer and ...

“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 you sipped on spiked egg nogs and avoided the in-laws this holiday season, Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson bought himself the ultimate Christmas gift: A $70 million Beverly Hills ...

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 ...

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 ...

Conservative firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos received big-name support on Wednesday for reversing his lifetime Twitter ban: Minecraft creator Markus Persson. Twitter froze Mr. Yiannopoulos’ account on ...

Is it tough being a billionaire? Minecraft creator Markus Persson recently seemed to suggest he isn’t fully enjoying his financial freedom. A series of Tweets that Persson sent out caught the ...

It’s 7 pm on a Monday in Stockholm, and Markus Persson sits on the terrace of his ninth-storey office, sipping the speedball of alcoholic beverages, a vodka Red Bull. Three hours ago he committed to ...

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 ...