Articles by Mia Shanley; additional reporting by Bill Rigby in Seattle; editing by Niklas Pollard and David Clarke

Microsoft to buy Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5 billion

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Monday it has agreed to acquire Stockholm-based games developer Mojang and the company's wildly popular Minecraft video game franchise for $2.5 billion.

Sep 15, 2014 10:56 AM EDT