Marcus Persson is a famous video game designer and
programmer. He owns the video games company 'Mojan' which he
co-founded in 2010. He has received many accolades and recognition
for his contributions to the video game industry

Kaba, E.

Electronic Sumy State University Institutional Repository

3  МІНІСТЕРСТВО ОСВІТИ І НАУКИ УКРАЇНИ СУМСЬКИЙ ДЕРЖАВНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ КАФЕДРА ІНОЗЕМНИХ МОВ ЛІНГВІСТИЧНИЙ НАВЧАЛЬНО-МЕТОДИЧНИЙ ЦЕНТР        МАТЕРІАЛИ IX МІЖВУЗІВСЬКОЇ НАУКОВО-ПРАКТИЧНОЇ КОНФЕРЕНЦІЇ ЛІНГВІСТИЧНОГО НАВЧАЛЬНО-МЕТОДИЧНОГО ЦЕНТРУ КАФЕДРИ ІНОЗЕМНИХ МОВ    “TO MAKE THE WORLD SMARTER AND SAFER”         (Суми, 26 березня 2015 року) The nineth scientific practical student`s, postgraduate‘s and teacher‘s LSNC conference        24  MARCUS PERSSON E.Kaba – Sumy State University, group IT-11/1 S.G.Zolotova, EL Adviser                Marcus Persson is a famous video game designer and programmer. He owns the video games company ‗Mojang‘ which he co-founded in 2010. He has received many accolades and recognition for  his contributions to the video game industry.              Persson was born on June 1, 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden. He began developing his programming skills at the age of seven when he got his hands on his father‘s computer. At the age of only 8 he created his very first game which was a text based adventure. In 2005 he got a job at King.com as a game developer. After exhibiting his skills there for four years he left the job to work for  Jalbum. Apart from this he has made several other games for Java 4K Game Programming Contest. He is also the co-founder of Wurm Online.              Persson got his recognition from his creation of the sandbox game called ‗Minecraft‘ which came out in November 2011. He left his job to devote all his time to this game. The same year of its release, the game sold a million copies and then few months later its second million and then third million. The game was a big hit so much so that Persson had to hire new people in his Minecraft team. He also released a version of the game for iOS and Android which he called the Pocket Edition. A version for the Xbox was also made and released in 2012. The game has sold more than twenty million copies since its release. It has gotten several awards and gotten deals with toymakers such as LEGO. He remained the chief designer of the game till 2011 which was its official launch. After that he passed on the job to Jens Bergensten.            His work on Minecraft not only brought him romantic relationship, but also many prominent fans, including electronic DJ Joel Zimmerman. Persson says that he has no intention of becoming a huge tycoon; he just wants to program and design video games because that is what he is passionate about.   

Marcus Persson

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МІНІСТЕРСТВО ОСВІТИ І НАУКИ УКРАЇНИ 
СУМСЬКИЙ ДЕРЖАВНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ 
КАФЕДРА ІНОЗЕМНИХ МОВ 
ЛІНГВІСТИЧНИЙ НАВЧАЛЬНО-МЕТОДИЧНИЙ ЦЕНТР  
 
 
 
 
 
 
МАТЕРІАЛИ IX МІЖВУЗІВСЬКОЇ 
НАУКОВО-ПРАКТИЧНОЇ КОНФЕРЕНЦІЇ 
ЛІНГВІСТИЧНОГО НАВЧАЛЬНО-МЕТОДИЧНОГО ЦЕНТРУ 
КАФЕДРИ ІНОЗЕМНИХ МОВ 
 
 
 
“TO MAKE THE WORLD SMARTER AND SAFER” 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Суми, 26 березня 2015 року) 
The nineth scientific practical student`s, postgraduate‘s and teacher‘s 
LSNC conference 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24 
 
MARCUS PERSSON 
E.Kaba – Sumy State University, group IT-11/1 
S.G.Zolotova, EL Adviser 
 
              Marcus Persson is a famous video game designer and 
programmer. He owns the video games company ‗Mojang‘ which he 
co-founded in 2010. He has received many accolades and recognition 
for  his contributions to the video game industry. 
             Persson was born on June 1, 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden. He 
began developing his programming skills at the age of seven when he 
got his hands on his father‘s computer. At the age of only 8 he 
created his very first game which was a text based adventure. In 2005 
he got a job at King.com as a game developer. After exhibiting his 
skills there for four years he left the job to work for  Jalbum. Apart 
from this he has made several other games for Java 4K Game 
Programming Contest. He is also the co-founder of Wurm Online. 
             Persson got his recognition from his creation of the sandbox 
game called ‗Minecraft‘ which came out in November 2011. He left 
his job to devote all his time to this game. The same year of its 
release, the game sold a million copies and then few months later its 
second million and then third million. The game was a big hit so 
much so that Persson had to hire new people in his Minecraft team. 
He also released a version of the game for iOS and Android which he 
called the Pocket Edition. A version for the Xbox was also made and 
released in 2012. The game has sold more than twenty million copies 
since its release. It has gotten several awards and gotten deals with 
toymakers such as LEGO. He remained the chief designer of the 
game till 2011 which was its official launch. After that he passed on 
the job to Jens Bergensten. 
           His work on Minecraft not only brought him romantic 
relationship, but also many prominent fans, including electronic DJ 
Joel Zimmerman. Persson says that he has no intention of becoming 
a huge tycoon; he just wants to program and design video games 
because that is what he is passionate about. 
 
 


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