Markus Persson Biography | Markus Persson

Markus Persson(full name: Markus Alexej Persson), better known as Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is best known for creating the sandbox video game Minecraft and for founding the video game company Mojang in 2010, alongside Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser.

Persson’s principal venture for founding Mojang was Minecraft which gained popularity and support since its tech demo in 2009. Since then, he has gained significant notability within the video game industry, winning multiple awards and establishing relations with the industry’s figureheads. He retained his position as the lead designer of Minecraft until the game’s official launch in 2011, after which he transferred creative authority to Jens Bergensten. In November 2014, he left Mojang after its acquisition by Microsoft for $2.5 billion.

Persson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Finnish mother and a Swedish father on 1 June 1979. He lived in Edsbyn for the first seven years of his life before his family moved back to Stockholm. He began programming on his father’s Commodore 128 home computer at the age of seven. Having experimented with various type-in programs he produced his first game at the age of eight, a text-based adventure game. Professionally he had worked as a game developer for King for over four years, until 2009. Afterwards he worked as a programmer for Jalbum. He is also one of the founders of Wurm Online, though he no longer works on it. Outside of work, he has made seven games for competitions. He is the central figure of Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, a documentary by 2 Player Productions about the rise of Minecraft and Mojang.

Markus Persson Age

Markus Alexej Persson is 39 years old as of 2018. He was born on 1 June 1979, in Stockholm, Sweden

Markus Persson Height

He has a height of 5′ 9″ (1.75 m) tall

Markus Persson Brother

Herobrine is Notch’s dead brother, somehow embedded into Minecraft. While this is the “canon”, this is also completely false in reality, as Notch has no brother. Ghost aside, there are two plausible canon theories remaining.Elin’s brother Kristoffer Zetterstrand (Markus’ brother-in-law), is a Swedish Minecraft artist.

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Markus Persson Wife | Personal life

Persson is a member of the Swedish chapter of Mensa. On 13 August 2011, he married Elin Zetterstrand. On 15 August 2012, he announced that he was single again.

Persson has criticized both piracy and the stance of large game companies on piracy; additionally, he is a member of the Pirate Party of Sweden. He is an atheist and one of the principal donors to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). Under his direction, Mojang contributed a week to developing Catacomb Snatch for the Humble Indie Bundle; the $458,248 raised was donated to charity.

In December 2014, Persson purchased a home in Trousdale for $70 million, a record sales price for Beverly Hills at the time.

Markus Persson Quotes

• I think the only way I could make something fun and big is if I don’t expect it to be.
• I definitely think ‘Minecraft’ is a freak thing. There’s no way you could replicate it intentionally.
• Minecraft’ is to a large degree about having unique experiences that nobody else has had. The levels are randomly generated, and you can build anything you want to build yourself.
• Infinite power just isn’t very interesting, no matter what game you’re playing. It’s much more fun when you have a limited tool set to use against the odds.

Markus Persson Net Worth

Markus Alexej Persson has a net worth of 1.6 billion USD (2019)

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Markus Persson Minecraft

Persson’s most popular creation is the survival sandbox game Minecraft, which was released on 18 November 2011. Persson left his job as a game developer to work on Minecraft full-time until completion. In early 2011, Mojang AB sold the one millionth copy of the game, several months later their second, and several more their third. Mojang hired several new staff members for the Minecraft team, while Persson passed the lead developer role to Jens Bergensten. A version for Android and iOS, the Pocket Edition, has also been released. An Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft was released on 9 May 2012. The Xbox edition features updates including a tutorial and skin packs. He has stopped working on Minecraft after a deal with Microsoft to sell Mojang for $2.5 billion. This brought his net worth to US$1.5 billion.

Markus Persson video game

 Persson and Jakob Porsér came up with the idea for Scrolls including elements from board games and collectible card games. Persson noted that he will not be actively involved in development of the game and that Porsér will be developing it.^{[citation needed]} Persson revealed on his tumblr blog on 5 August 2011 that he was being sued by a Swedish law firm representing Bethesda Softworks over the trademarked name of Scrolls, claiming that it conflicted with their The Elder Scrollsseries of games. On 17 August 2011, Persson challenged Bethesda to a Quake 3 tournament to decide the outcome of the naming dispute. On 27 September 2011, Persson confirmed that the lawsuit was going to court. ZeniMax Media, owner of Bethesda Softworks, announced the lawsuit’s settlement in March 2012. The settlement allowed Mojang to continue using the Scrolls trademark.

0x10^c

Following the end to his involvement with Minecraft, Persson began pre-production of an alternate reality space game set in the distant future in March 2012. On April Fools’ Day, Mojang launched a satirical website for Mars Effect (parody of Mass Effect), citing the lawsuit with Bethesda as an inspiration. However, the gameplay elements remained true and on 4 April, Mojang revealed 0x10^c (pronounced Ten to the C) as a space sandbox title. Persson officially halted game production in August 2013. However, C418, the composer of the game’s soundtrack (as well as that of Minecraft), released an album of the work he had made for the game.

Ludum Dare entries

Persson has also participated in several Ludum Dare 48-hour game making competitions.

• Breaking the Tower was a game Persson developed for the entry to the Ludum Dare No. 12 competition.^{[citation needed]} The game takes place on a small island, where the player must gather resources, construct buildings, and train soldiers in order to destroy a large tower on this island. The game received brief gaming media attention.
• Metagun is a 2D platformer created for Ludum Dare no. 18.
• Prelude of the Chambered is a game Persson developed for the entry to the Ludum Dare No. 21 competition. Prelude of the Chambered is a short first-person dungeon crawler video game.
• Minicraft is a game developed for Ludum Dare No. 22, held 16–19 December 2011. It is a small top-down game with similarities to Zelda and influenced by Minecraft. It is written in Java.

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