Mojang has had numerous offers in the past, but they have taken none until today. The company behind countless video games like Battlefield and The Sims, Electronic Arts, has announced their acquisition of Mojang for $1.6 bajillion dollars. EA said on their blog today, "We are excited to announce not only our purchase of Mojang and their fantastic catalog of games, but also that the next game in our SimCity series will be based on Minecraft."
SimCity 5 was released in March of last year to numerous problems related to DRM and online logins, and was not playable until several weeks after launch. Minecraft 1.8 will be renamed to SimCity 6, and will feature in-app purchases of diamonds, iron, and other resources for $4.99 per block. In addition, all Minecraft/Mojang accounts will be transitioning to Origin.
UPDATE: Mojang has confirmed that they are completely shutting down, and all their resources and developers will be working under EA starting next month. They have also confirmed that Scrolls and Cobalt will be discontinued and packaged in the 'Mojang Game Pack' on Origin for $49.99.
(april fools)
corbin you got me last yr but not this time even without reading it!! lol XD
ReplyDeleteNice april fools, speaking of which, its my sisters birthday LMAO
ReplyDeleteLOL. Super easy to tell cuz u did 2 of them today
ReplyDeleteNice April Fools :P
ReplyDeleteu fooled us all :-| not a good joke
ReplyDeleteCorbin, I fluffmcgrubbing hate you.
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, awesome.
This and the article before it, you almost killed me! I almost believed it
ReplyDeleteEA + Mojang = terribleness
And bajillion isn't a number... Hilarious article though
ReplyDeleteWait so I almost killed my self over nothing
ReplyDeletebet u sometimes wish she was an april fools joke.
ReplyDeleteDang you got me good. If it was true I would have killed myself with my computer.
ReplyDeleteYou got me the first time, but no longer! :-D
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of money...
ReplyDeleteI am going to murder whoever wrote these articles....
ReplyDeleteJk
ReplyDeleteNice one Corbin. I didn't even see the (April fools). Lol
ReplyDeleteLol bajillion
ReplyDeleteIn australia it is 2nd of April so i figured it out
ReplyDeleteYou used the same joke last year. That's just lame
ReplyDeleteIts not being renamed but EA did buy Mojang
ReplyDeletethat's just cold
ReplyDeleteno it didnt anything a dev or mc news sight said yesterday was a joke
ReplyDeleteMMmhmhm how many new people do you think come on this site each year. way to be a ....(wait theres little kids on this site.)
ReplyDeleteDon't swear, little kids come to this site.
ReplyDeleteI knew THAT, I just thought that they should at least try something new to try and catch the older users as well, like the MCPE joke.
ReplyDeleteSame.
ReplyDeleteFvck EA they f'ckin spoiled Minecraft. GODDAMN IT EA
ReplyDeleteAs a Minecraft Fan, I Was Shocked , But Its April Fools.Nice One,Corbin.April Fools To You Too!!! ;]
ReplyDeleteThis is actually pretty funny. Yeah, it may be old and fake, but still amazing none the less!! Kudos to whoever made that picture, though. Really put a lot of effort into it :P
ReplyDeleteI thought it was cool, he wont put it up next year
ReplyDeletemy soul was riped out of my chest like Serious Black (pad foot's) in "Harry Potter Prisoner of Askaban", but returned just like his in the movie when i saw the small caption, (april fools)!!!!!!!!! i died
ReplyDeleteFAIL. only a extreme dumbass would fall for this
ReplyDeleteSo EA didn't actually buy Mojang? Thank god...
ReplyDeletesaw it last year
ReplyDeletei know right?
ReplyDeleteYou guys did this last year. Come on... xD
ReplyDeleteLOL
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