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Notch is a founder and owner of Mojang, the company that owns and produces Minecraft. And his space game has apparently been on hold for months.

• balls187 13y ago
  Right, but from what I last heard, Jeb has been the maintainer with full creative control of Minecraft.
  • MrZongle2 13y ago
    Yes, Jeb seems to be the technical lead on Minecraft these days. But I believe that Notch and his partners still make all the calls for the company at large. While his declaration seems a bit brusque, I think the Mojang guys have quite a bit of pride in being an independent company that has done well and may wish to clearly make their corporate philosophy known.
  • pabb 13y ago
    Notch isn't developing, but it's ultimately his IP. He's made over $100M in licensing deals on the brand alone. I'm sure he's going to be the shotcaller (if not just a providing a massive influence) for any large-scale potential deals involving it. Even with that aside, he's a massive figure in the game development community. A lot of people respect him and look up to him for making out huge in the Indie game in industry pretty much of his own accord. His opinion is pivotal.