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Minecraft creator distributes nearly three million dollars to fellow employees

http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/01/minecraft-creator-distributes-nearly-three-million-dollars-to-fellow-employees/ Minecraft creator Markus Persson, better known as Notch, distributed almost three million dollars in dividends to his fellow employees at Mojang, 25 in all. That totals out to just under $120,000 per person. It’s quite the bonus. Notch announced in a recent Tweet : “Before tax, my dividends from Mojang for 2011 was about three million dollars.

Survival mode to Minecraft PE

http://me.lt/8n9mN 36 StumbleUpon 0 Reddit Details Published on Monday, 21 November 2011 13:07 The first ever MineCon has just ended and while it was mostly geared towards the PC/Console end of things, including the official final out-of-beta release of the actual game, there were some gems in there regarding Minecraft: Pocket Edition.
Less than two months after getting its official 1.0 release , Minecraft is getting another update this week, to version 1.1. The update adds a few fun features to the game: sheep that now eat grass and will re-grow their wool, enhanced bows, apples that fall from trees ("Newton would be proud," the video announcing the update says), and different-colored eggs for spawning pigs and other animals. New languages might be the most important change, though: Minecraft now supports German, French, and Swedish translations. (And Pirate.) http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/15/2708116/minecraft-1-1-languages-sheep-bows

Minecraft updated to version 1.1: new languages, improved sheep and bows