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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	*[https://x.com/Mojang X Profile (formerly Twitter)]		*[https://x.com/Mojang X Profile (formerly Twitter)]
			*{{w\|Mojang Studios}} on Wikipedia

	== Navigation ==		== Navigation ==

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	\| keypeople = * [[Minecraft:Kayleen Walters]] (Studio head of Mojang Studios)		\| keypeople = * [[Minecraft:Kayleen Walters]] (Studio head of Mojang Studios)
	* Annie Chenn (COO)		* Annie Chenn (COO)
	\| products = * {{mc}}		\| products = * {{MC}}
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	* ''[[Minecraft:MCD:Arcade\|Minecraft Dungeons Arcade]]''		* ''[[Minecraft:MCD:Arcade\|Minecraft Dungeons Arcade]]''
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	* [[#Caller's Bane\|Caller's Bane]]		* [[#Caller's Bane\|Caller's Bane]]
	* [[#Cobalt\|Cobalt]]		* [[#Cobalt\|Cobalt]]

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	'''Mojang AB''',{{fn\|pronounced {{Audio\|MojangPronunciationEnglish.ogg\|/ˈmoʊdʒæŋ/\|link2='''''ᴍᴏʜ'''-jang''}}<ref>{{tweet\|marc_irl\|610555752504262657\|Ah, the old Mo-yang vs Mo-jang. I've been told this is how you pronounce it...\|June 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1107749696552996865\|It’s also a constant in-joke to this day that we have no idea how to pronounce our own name. I’d guess it’s something like 80% mo-jang, 20% mo-yang (it’s close to mojäng), and 0% mo-zhang.\|March 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1262066231399657475\|Also a new identity means that we can reinvent both the logo and pronounciation, so anything other than the hard J is incorrect now. 😋\|May 17, 2020}}</ref>}} trading as '''Mojang Studios''', and also known as just '''Mojang''', is a Swedish first-party game developer for [[Minecraft:Xbox Game Studios]], a division of [[Minecraft:Xbox (divison)\|~~Microsoft Gaming~~]]. It is primarily known for the creation and development of ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]''. As of March 2026, Mojang Studios has around 1,500 employees in multiple locations around the world.{{cn}}		'''Mojang AB''',{{fn\|pronounced {{Audio\|MojangPronunciationEnglish.ogg\|/ˈmoʊdʒæŋ/\|link2='''''ᴍᴏʜ'''-jang''}}<ref>{{tweet\|marc_irl\|610555752504262657\|Ah, the old Mo-yang vs Mo-jang. I've been told this is how you pronounce it...\|June 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1107749696552996865\|It’s also a constant in-joke to this day that we have no idea how to pronounce our own name. I’d guess it’s something like 80% mo-jang, 20% mo-yang (it’s close to mojäng), and 0% mo-zhang.\|March 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1262066231399657475\|Also a new identity means that we can reinvent both the logo and pronounciation, so anything other than the hard J is incorrect now. 😋\|May 17, 2020}}</ref>}} trading as '''Mojang Studios''', and also known as just '''Mojang''', is a Swedish first-party game developer for [[Minecraft:Xbox Game Studios]], a division of [[Minecraft:Xbox (divison)\|Xbox]]. It is primarily known for the creation and development of ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]''. As of March 2026, Mojang Studios has around 1,500 employees in multiple locations around the world.{{cn}}

	== History ==		== History ==
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	Mojang Studios in Stockholm is the home office of the larger ''Minecraft'' studio and is where the decisions regarding the ''Minecraft'' franchise are made. Mojang Studios also includes satellite offices in {{w\|Redmond, Washington}}, {{w\|London}}, {{w\|Shanghai}}, and {{w\|Tokyo}}, sharing a single studio budget and studio vision between all locations. The head of Mojang Studios is [[Minecraft:Kayleen Walters]], who is assisted by Mojang Chief Operating Officer Annie Chenn.		Mojang Studios in Stockholm is the home office of the larger ''Minecraft'' studio and is where the decisions regarding the ''Minecraft'' franchise are made. Mojang Studios also includes satellite offices in {{w\|Redmond, Washington}}, {{w\|London}}, {{w\|Shanghai}}, and {{w\|Tokyo}}, sharing a single studio budget and studio vision between all locations. The head of Mojang Studios is [[Minecraft:Kayleen Walters]], who is assisted by Mojang Chief Operating Officer Annie Chenn.

	The Redmond office, like the one in Stockholm, assists with all the editions. Nearly all teams are spread out across both Stockholm and Redmond offices, except that {{el\|ee}} is developed primarily in Redmond, and {{el\|je}} is developed primarily in Stockholm.<ref>[[Talk:Mojang Studios#On the topic of how Mojang and Microsoft Studios and so forth are presented\|"On the topic of how Mojang and Microsoft Studios and so forth are presented"]]</ref> The London office works closely with platform partners in Europe as well as partner studio [[Minecraft:4J Studios]]. The ~~Shangai~~ office works closely with the partner studio {{w\|NetEase}}. The Tokyo office works closely with platform partners in Japan and Asia.		The Redmond office, like the one in Stockholm, assists with all the editions. Nearly all teams are spread out across both Stockholm and Redmond offices, except that {{el\|ee}} is developed primarily in Redmond, and {{el\|je}} is developed primarily in Stockholm.<ref>[[Talk:Mojang Studios#On the topic of how Mojang and Microsoft Studios and so forth are presented\|"On the topic of how Mojang and Microsoft Studios and so forth are presented"]]</ref> The London office works closely with platform partners in Europe as well as partner studio [[Minecraft:4J Studios]]. The Shanghai office works closely with the partner studio {{w\|NetEase}}. The Tokyo office works closely with platform partners in Japan and Asia.

	== Games ==		== Games ==

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	'''Mojang AB''',{{fn\|pronounced {{Audio\|MojangPronunciationEnglish.ogg\|/ˈmoʊdʒæŋ/\|link2='''''ᴍᴏʜ'''-jang''}}<ref>{{tweet\|marc_irl\|610555752504262657\|Ah, the old Mo-yang vs Mo-jang. I've been told this is how you pronounce it...\|June 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1107749696552996865\|It’s also a constant in-joke to this day that we have no idea how to pronounce our own name. I’d guess it’s something like 80% mo-jang, 20% mo-yang (it’s close to mojäng), and 0% mo-zhang.\|March 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1262066231399657475\|Also a new identity means that we can reinvent both the logo and pronounciation, so anything other than the hard J is incorrect now. 😋\|May 17, 2020}}</ref>}} trading as '''Mojang Studios''', and also known as just '''Mojang''', is a Swedish first-party game developer for [[Minecraft:Xbox Game Studios]], a division of [[Minecraft:Xbox (divison)\|Microsoft Gaming]]. It is primarily known for the creation and development of ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]''. As of ~~2021~~, Mojang Studios has around ~~600~~ employees in multiple locations around the world.~~<ref>~~{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1367569301486653442\|date=March 4, 2021\|I think this tweet is another reason I don’t do it: everyone assumes that all ~600 people at Mojang directly create Minecraft Java and Bedrock 😂 And half the questions would be about that.}}~~</ref>~~		'''Mojang AB''',{{fn\|pronounced {{Audio\|MojangPronunciationEnglish.ogg\|/ˈmoʊdʒæŋ/\|link2='''''ᴍᴏʜ'''-jang''}}<ref>{{tweet\|marc_irl\|610555752504262657\|Ah, the old Mo-yang vs Mo-jang. I've been told this is how you pronounce it...\|June 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1107749696552996865\|It’s also a constant in-joke to this day that we have no idea how to pronounce our own name. I’d guess it’s something like 80% mo-jang, 20% mo-yang (it’s close to mojäng), and 0% mo-zhang.\|March 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1262066231399657475\|Also a new identity means that we can reinvent both the logo and pronounciation, so anything other than the hard J is incorrect now. 😋\|May 17, 2020}}</ref>}} trading as '''Mojang Studios''', and also known as just '''Mojang''', is a Swedish first-party game developer for [[Minecraft:Xbox Game Studios]], a division of [[Minecraft:Xbox (divison)\|Microsoft Gaming]]. It is primarily known for the creation and development of ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]''. As of March 2026, Mojang Studios has around 1,500 employees in multiple locations around the world.{{cn}}

	== History ==		== History ==

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	'''Mojang AB''',{{fn\|pronounced {{Audio\|MojangPronunciationEnglish.ogg\|/ˈmoʊdʒæŋ/\|link2='''''ᴍᴏʜ'''-jang''}}<ref>{{tweet\|marc_irl\|610555752504262657\|Ah, the old Mo-yang vs Mo-jang. I've been told this is how you pronounce it...\|June 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1107749696552996865\|It’s also a constant in-joke to this day that we have no idea how to pronounce our own name. I’d guess it’s something like 80% mo-jang, 20% mo-yang (it’s close to mojäng), and 0% mo-zhang.\|March 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1262066231399657475\|Also a new identity means that we can reinvent both the logo and pronounciation, so anything other than the hard J is incorrect now. 😋\|May 17, 2020}}</ref>}} trading as '''Mojang Studios''', and also known as just '''Mojang''', is a Swedish first-party game developer for [[Minecraft:Xbox Game Studios]], a division of [[Minecraft:Microsoft Gaming]]. It is primarily known for the creation and development of ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]''. As of 2021, Mojang Studios has around 600 employees in multiple locations around the world.<ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1367569301486653442\|date=March 4, 2021\|I think this tweet is another reason I don’t do it: everyone assumes that all ~600 people at Mojang directly create Minecraft Java and Bedrock 😂 And half the questions would be about that.}}</ref>		'''Mojang AB''',{{fn\|pronounced {{Audio\|MojangPronunciationEnglish.ogg\|/ˈmoʊdʒæŋ/\|link2='''''ᴍᴏʜ'''-jang''}}<ref>{{tweet\|marc_irl\|610555752504262657\|Ah, the old Mo-yang vs Mo-jang. I've been told this is how you pronounce it...\|June 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1107749696552996865\|It’s also a constant in-joke to this day that we have no idea how to pronounce our own name. I’d guess it’s something like 80% mo-jang, 20% mo-yang (it’s close to mojäng), and 0% mo-zhang.\|March 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1262066231399657475\|Also a new identity means that we can reinvent both the logo and pronounciation, so anything other than the hard J is incorrect now. 😋\|May 17, 2020}}</ref>}} trading as '''Mojang Studios''', and also known as just '''Mojang''', is a Swedish first-party game developer for [[Minecraft:Xbox Game Studios]], a division of [[Minecraft:Xbox (divison)\|Microsoft Gaming]]. It is primarily known for the creation and development of ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]''. As of 2021, Mojang Studios has around 600 employees in multiple locations around the world.<ref>{{tweet\|Marc_IRL\|1367569301486653442\|date=March 4, 2021\|I think this tweet is another reason I don’t do it: everyone assumes that all ~600 people at Mojang directly create Minecraft Java and Bedrock 😂 And half the questions would be about that.}}</ref>

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	''Caller's Bane'' (originally known as ''Scrolls'') is a Mojang-developed game first conceived and developed by [[Minecraft:Jakob Porsér]],<ref>[https://scrolls.com/ Caller's Bane]</ref> with [[Minecraft:Måns Olson]] and [[Minecraft:Henrik Pettersson]] joining later on.<ref>{{tumblr\|ScrollsDev\|75801791192\|Team changes\|February 6, 2014}}</ref> Announced on March 2, 2011,<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314015932/https://www.mojang.com/2011/03/introducing-our-new-game-scrolls/\|title=Introducing our New Game: Scrolls\|website=Mojang.com\|author=Jakob Porsér\|date=March 2, 2011}}</ref> it aims to combine elements from trading card games and traditional board games in the strategy genre.		''Caller's Bane'' (originally known as ''Scrolls'') is a Mojang-developed game first conceived and developed by [[Minecraft:Jakob Porsér]],<ref>[https://scrolls.com/ Caller's Bane]</ref> with [[Minecraft:Måns Olson]] and [[Minecraft:Henrik Pettersson]] joining later on.<ref>{{tumblr\|ScrollsDev\|75801791192\|Team changes\|February 6, 2014}}</ref> Announced on March 2, 2011,<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314015932/https://www.mojang.com/2011/03/introducing-our-new-game-scrolls/\|title=Introducing our New Game: Scrolls\|website=Mojang.com\|author=Jakob Porsér\|date=March 2, 2011}}</ref> it aims to combine elements from trading card games and traditional board games in the strategy genre.

	In August 2011, Mojang had been threatened with legal action by the legal team representing {{w\|ZeniMax Media}} with the accusation being that the original title "''Scrolls''" infringes on ~~the~~ ''{{w\|The Elder Scrolls}}'' trademark, a series of role-playing video games published by {{w\|Bethesda Softworks}} (a ZeniMax Media subsidiary). In mid-October 2011, the court case was won by Mojang,<ref>{{tweet\|notch\|126196998826242048\|We won the interim injunction! We can keep using the name "Scrolls".\|October 18, 2011}}</ref> and one employee described the outcome as "the court saw it from our side". No further action was taken against Mojang, and the name "''Scrolls''" was allowed to remain.		In August 2011, Mojang had been threatened with legal action by the legal team representing {{w\|ZeniMax Media}} with the accusation being that the original title "''Scrolls''" infringes on ''{{w\|The Elder Scrolls}}'' trademark, a series of role-playing video games published by {{w\|Bethesda Softworks}} (a ZeniMax Media subsidiary). In mid-October 2011, the court case was won by Mojang,<ref>{{tweet\|notch\|126196998826242048\|We won the interim injunction! We can keep using the name "Scrolls".\|October 18, 2011}}</ref> and one employee described the outcome as "the court saw it from our side". No further action was taken against Mojang, and the name "''Scrolls''" was allowed to remain.

	The game was first made available to a limited number of people through alpha key giveaways, starting from July 5, 2012.<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707221618/https://scrolls.com/2012/07/ready-set-alpha/\|title=Ready, Set, Alpha!\|website=Caller's Bane\|author=Jakob Porsér\|date=July 5, 2012}}</ref> It then hit beta on June 3, 2013,<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905101848/https://scrolls.com/2013/06/weve-hit-open-beta-scrolls-is-now-on-sale/\|title=We've hit open beta! Scrolls is now on-sale!\|website=Caller's Bane\|author=Owen Jones\|date=June 3, 2013}}</ref> since then it was purchasable at a discounted price. The game was fully released on December 11, 2014, on Windows, macOS, and Android,<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213022805/https://www.mojang.com/2014/12/scrolls-released-on-pc-mac-and-android-tablets/\|title=Scrolls released on PC, Mac, and Android tablets!\|website=Caller's Bane\|author=Owen Jones\|date=December 11, 2014}}</ref> but on June 29th, 2015, Mojang announced that development of ''Scrolls'' would cease as "the game has reached a point where it can no longer sustain continuous development".<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629193737/https://scrolls.com/2015/06/its-been-a-blast-automaton/\|title=It's been a Blast Automaton!\|website=Caller's Bane\|date=June 29, 2015}}</ref> Servers for the game didn’t shut down, however, until 2018.<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208152810/https://scrolls.com/2018/02/server-news/\|title=Status update\|website=Caller's Bane\|author=Måns Olson\|date=February 6, 2018}}</ref>		The game was first made available to a limited number of people through alpha key giveaways, starting from July 5, 2012.<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707221618/https://scrolls.com/2012/07/ready-set-alpha/\|title=Ready, Set, Alpha!\|website=Caller's Bane\|author=Jakob Porsér\|date=July 5, 2012}}</ref> It then hit beta on June 3, 2013,<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905101848/https://scrolls.com/2013/06/weve-hit-open-beta-scrolls-is-now-on-sale/\|title=We've hit open beta! Scrolls is now on-sale!\|website=Caller's Bane\|author=Owen Jones\|date=June 3, 2013}}</ref> since then it was purchasable at a discounted price. The game was fully released on December 11, 2014, on Windows, macOS, and Android,<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213022805/https://www.mojang.com/2014/12/scrolls-released-on-pc-mac-and-android-tablets/\|title=Scrolls released on PC, Mac, and Android tablets!\|website=Caller's Bane\|author=Owen Jones\|date=December 11, 2014}}</ref> but on June 29th, 2015, Mojang announced that development of ''Scrolls'' would cease as "the game has reached a point where it can no longer sustain continuous development".<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629193737/https://scrolls.com/2015/06/its-been-a-blast-automaton/\|title=It's been a Blast Automaton!\|website=Caller's Bane\|date=June 29, 2015}}</ref> Servers for the game didn’t shut down, however, until 2018.<ref>{{citation\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208152810/https://scrolls.com/2018/02/server-news/\|title=Status update\|website=Caller's Bane\|author=Måns Olson\|date=February 6, 2018}}</ref>

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