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Personal dividends from 2011 shared amongst employees

More than 80,000 contribute donations for Child's Play, EFF, Charity:Water and American Red Cross

Double Fine boss Tim Schafer 'would like to work with Markus Persson'

Double Fine confirms Notch was serious about funding arrangement

Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson is prepared to personally fund development of a sequel to Double Fine’s critically acclaimed title Psychonauts. Double Fine creative director Tim Schafer recently claimed the studio has been unable to secure a publishing contract for the Psychonauts 2 project, despite pitching to various companies. But …

Markus Persson makes 'Minicraft' as part of the 22nd Ludum Dare competition

Markus Persson (aka Notch), the creator of hit PC title Minecraft, has after four years stepped away from the game to focus on other projects. Ongoing development of the IP will from this point on be handled by new Minecraft lead developer Jens Bergensten, who has been working on the …

Number of paying customers has doubled since April

World-builder receives prize ahead of Portal 2 and Ilomilo

But game will still have initial purchase cost, says Markus Persson