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		masklinn on March 2, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Minecraft creators’ next project is a strategy gam... > Mojang was formed after Minecraft's success No. Mojang AB was formed in May 2009. That's the same month as Minecraft's original public release, long before its success.

citricsquid on March 2, 2011 [–]

By formed I mean as a development studio, not as a legal entity.

ugh on March 2, 2011 | [–]

For context: Mojang started having employees in November/December 2010. At that point Minecraft already sold a few thousand copies per day. (It’s still selling several thousand copies per day, nearly 11,000 in the last 24 hours.)

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