Mojang sold to EA, Minecraft to be re-released as SimCity 6

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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)

Comments

  1. corbin you got me last yr but not this time even without reading it!! lol XD

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  2. Nice april fools, speaking of which, its my sisters birthday LMAO

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  3. LOL. Super easy to tell cuz u did 2 of them today

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  4. Nice April Fools :P

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  5. u fooled us all :-| not a good joke

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  6. Corbin, I fluffmcgrubbing hate you.
    Seriously though, awesome.

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  7. This and the article before it, you almost killed me! I almost believed it
    EA + Mojang = terribleness

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  8. And bajillion isn't a number... Hilarious article though

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  9. Wait so I almost killed my self over nothing

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  10. bet u sometimes wish she was an april fools joke.

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  11. Dang you got me good. If it was true I would have killed myself with my computer.

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  12. You got me the first time, but no longer! :-D

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  13. That's a lot of money...

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  14. I am going to murder whoever wrote these articles....

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  15. Nice one Corbin. I didn't even see the (April fools). Lol

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  16. In australia it is 2nd of April so i figured it out

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  17. You used the same joke last year. That's just lame

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  18. Its not being renamed but EA did buy Mojang

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  19. that's just cold

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  20. no it didnt anything a dev or mc news sight said yesterday was a joke

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  21. MMmhmhm how many new people do you think come on this site each year. way to be a ....(wait theres little kids on this site.)

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  22. Don't swear, little kids come to this site.

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  23. I 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.

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  24. Fvck EA they f'ckin spoiled Minecraft. GODDAMN IT EA

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  25. As a Minecraft Fan, I Was Shocked , But Its April Fools.Nice One,Corbin.April Fools To You Too!!! ;]

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  26. This 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

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  27. I thought it was cool, he wont put it up next year

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  28. my 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

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  29. FAIL. only a extreme dumbass would fall for this

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  30. So EA didn't actually buy Mojang? Thank god...

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  31. saw it last year

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  32. i know right?

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  33. You guys did this last year. Come on... xD

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