Mojang - Revision history

Rudxain: Undo revision 51716 by 2601:19B:4201:8D90:F571:50F3:2D4:C54B (talk)

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	{{CompanyCargo		{{CompanyCargo
	\|Founded=~~69420~~		\|Founded=2009
	\|Industry=~~add sharks to Minecraft~~		\|Industry=Video game
	\|Logo=Mojang.~~exe~~		\|Logo=Mojang.png
	\|ParentCompany=~~Microslop~~		\|ParentCompany=Microsoft
	\|Type=Private		\|Type=Private
	\|Website=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us		\|Website=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us
	\|Description=Mojang is a video game company most known for creating Minecraft ~~Bugrock Edition~~.		\|Description=Mojang is a video game company most known for creating Minecraft.
	}}		}}Mojang is a game development studio owned by [[Microsoft]]. Mojang is widely known for the development of [[Minecraft]] and its spinoffs. The studio was founded by [[wikipedia:Markus_Persson\|Markus Persson]] in 2009 and was purchased by Microsoft in late 2014.

	Mojang is a game development studio owned by [[Microsoft]]. Mojang is widely known for the development of [[Minecraft]] and its spinoffs. The studio was founded by [[wikipedia:Markus_Persson\|Markus Persson]] in 2009 and was purchased by Microsoft in late 2014.

	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==

2601:19B:4201:8D90:F571:50F3:2D4:C54B at 12:30, 20 April 2026

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	\|Founded=~~2009~~		\|Founded=69420
	\|Industry=~~Video game~~		\|Industry=add sharks to Minecraft
	\|Logo=Mojang.~~png~~		\|Logo=Mojang.exe
	\|ParentCompany=~~Microsoft~~		\|ParentCompany=Microslop
	\|Type=Private		\|Type=Private
	\|Website=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us		\|Website=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us
	\|Description=Mojang is a video game company most known for creating Minecraft.		\|Description=Mojang is a video game company most known for creating Minecraft Bugrock Edition.
	}}Mojang is a game development studio owned by [[Microsoft]]. Mojang is widely known for the development of [[Minecraft]] and its spinoffs. The studio was founded by [[wikipedia:Markus_Persson\|Markus Persson]] in 2009 and was purchased by Microsoft in late 2014.		}}

			Mojang is a game development studio owned by [[Microsoft]]. Mojang is widely known for the development of [[Minecraft]] and its spinoffs. The studio was founded by [[wikipedia:Markus_Persson\|Markus Persson]] in 2009 and was purchased by Microsoft in late 2014.

	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==

Bananabot: Added archive URLs for 4 citation(s) using CRWCitationBot

2026-02-23T06:28:43Z

Added archive URLs for 4 citation(s) using CRWCitationBot

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	===Unnotified terms and conditions changes===		===Unnotified terms and conditions changes===

	[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI Kian Brose is bringing a class action lawsuit against Mojang] as they have failed to comply with European Consumer protection laws by changing their terms and conditions without notifying their customers of the change several times. They claim "It's up to you to occasionally check back here to see if these guidelines have changed".<ref name="minecraftUG">{{Cite web \|title=Minecraft Usage Guidelines \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/usage-guidelines \|access-date=August 17, 2025 \|website=Minecraft}}</ref>		[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI Kian Brose is bringing a class action lawsuit against Mojang] as they have failed to comply with European Consumer protection laws by changing their terms and conditions without notifying their customers of the change several times. They claim "It's up to you to occasionally check back here to see if these guidelines have changed".<ref name="minecraftUG">{{Cite web \|title=Minecraft Usage Guidelines \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/usage-guidelines \|access-date=August 17, 2025 \|website=Minecraft \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260201103230/https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/usage-guidelines \|archive-date=1 Feb 2026}}</ref>

	[https://www.gofundme.com/f/hold-mojang-accountable-for-their-unlawful-behaviour GoFundMe Campaign]		[https://www.gofundme.com/f/hold-mojang-accountable-for-their-unlawful-behaviour GoFundMe Campaign]
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	===Gambling===		===Gambling===
	Under the Minecraft Usage Guidelines it says "Do not do anything that would harm or damage our name, brand, or assets (for example: gambling, pornography, violence, terrorism, or other unsafe/mature content)"<ref name="minecraftUG">{{Cite web \|title=Minecraft Usage Guidelines \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/usage-guidelines \|access-date=August 17, 2025 \|website=Minecraft}}</ref>. According to these guidelines that Mojang created all servers that include gambling are against Usage Guidelines, however Mojang only takes action if the gambling looks like casinos and roulette tables, not if they are loot boxes even though loot boxes are a form of gambling<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Greer \|first=Nancy \|last2=Boyle \|first2=Cailem Murray \|last3=Jenkinson \|first3=Rebecca \|title=Harms associated with loot boxes and simulated gambling in video games \|url=https://aifs.gov.au/research_programs/australian-gambling-research-centre/loot-boxes-simulated-gambling-video-games-harms \|url-status=live \|work=Australian Institute of Family Studies \|language=English}}</ref>. It is also Important to note that these servers can be accessed by people with gambling issues as there is no compliance with existing gambling self-exclusion practices.		Under the Minecraft Usage Guidelines it says "Do not do anything that would harm or damage our name, brand, or assets (for example: gambling, pornography, violence, terrorism, or other unsafe/mature content)"<ref name="minecraftUG">{{Cite web \|title=Minecraft Usage Guidelines \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/usage-guidelines \|access-date=August 17, 2025 \|website=Minecraft \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260201103230/https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/usage-guidelines \|archive-date=1 Feb 2026}}</ref>. According to these guidelines that Mojang created all servers that include gambling are against Usage Guidelines, however Mojang only takes action if the gambling looks like casinos and roulette tables, not if they are loot boxes even though loot boxes are a form of gambling<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Greer \|first=Nancy \|last2=Boyle \|first2=Cailem Murray \|last3=Jenkinson \|first3=Rebecca \|title=Harms associated with loot boxes and simulated gambling in video games \|url=https://aifs.gov.au/research_programs/australian-gambling-research-centre/loot-boxes-simulated-gambling-video-games-harms \|url-status=live \|work=Australian Institute of Family Studies \|language=English \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250729055438/https://aifs.gov.au/research_programs/australian-gambling-research-centre/loot-boxes-simulated-gambling-video-games-harms \|archive-date=29 Jul 2025}}</ref>. It is also Important to note that these servers can be accessed by people with gambling issues as there is no compliance with existing gambling self-exclusion practices.
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+Servers<ref>{{Cite web \|date=22 Sep 2025 \|title=Exposing Minecraft's ILLEGAL Server Gambling Operations... \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgrKo1mpeGo \|url-status=live \|access-date=17 Sep 2024 \|website=youtube.com}}</ref>		\|+Servers<ref>{{Cite web \|date=22 Sep 2025 \|title=Exposing Minecraft's ILLEGAL Server Gambling Operations... \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgrKo1mpeGo \|url-status=live \|access-date=17 Sep 2024 \|website=youtube.com \|archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=vgrKo1mpeGo \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>
	!Server Name		!Server Name
	!Owned by		!Owned by

HalfLifeFan2003VSAntiConsumerRights: /* Forced migration of accounts to Microsoft */

2026-02-15T10:11:34Z

Forced migration of accounts to Microsoft

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	===Forced migration of accounts to Microsoft===		===Forced migration of accounts to Microsoft===

	After Microsoft acquired Mojang on 15th of September ~~2015~~ Mojang started the process of migrating Minecraft accounts to Microsoft, This process would force users to link their Minecraft account to a Microsoft account to continue to have access to their purchase. Read More on the main article: [[Minecraft account migration]]		After Microsoft acquired Mojang on 15th of September 2014 Mojang started the process of migrating Minecraft accounts to Microsoft, This process would force users to link their Minecraft account to a Microsoft account to continue to have access to their purchase. Read More on the main article: [[Minecraft account migration]]

	==Products==		==Products==

Rudxain: move MC link to top; link to MP ("Notch")

2026-01-23T19:26:49Z

move MC link to top; link to MP ("Notch")

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	\|Website=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us		\|Website=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us
	\|Description=Mojang is a video game company most known for creating Minecraft.		\|Description=Mojang is a video game company most known for creating Minecraft.
	}}Mojang is a game development studio owned by [[Microsoft]]. Mojang is widely known for the development of Minecraft and its spinoffs. The studio was founded by Markus Persson in 2009 and was purchased by Microsoft in late 2014.		}}Mojang is a game development studio owned by [[Microsoft]]. Mojang is widely known for the development of [[Minecraft]] and its spinoffs. The studio was founded by [[wikipedia:Markus_Persson\|Markus Persson]] in 2009 and was purchased by Microsoft in late 2014.

	==Consumer-impact summary==		==Consumer-impact summary==
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	==Products==		==Products==
	*[[Minecraft]] (2011): Minecraft is a sandbox game		*Minecraft (2011): Minecraft is a sandbox game
	*[[Caller's Bane]] (2014): Strategy-based digital collectible card game		*[[Caller's Bane]] (2014): Strategy-based digital collectible card game
	*[[Crown and Council]] (2016): A turn-based strategy game		*[[Crown and Council]] (2016): A turn-based strategy game

Sojourna: /* Unnotified terms and conditions changes */ Update intra-wiki link.

2026-01-08T03:37:08Z

Unnotified terms and conditions changes: Update intra-wiki link.

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	*[[Minecraft account migration\|Minecraft account migration incident]] (October 2020-December 2023)		*[[Minecraft account migration\|Minecraft account migration incident]] (October 2020-December 2023)

	*[[~~Shutting~~ down of community-run Minecraft servers ~~by Mojang~~]]		*[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]

	===Gambling===		===Gambling===

Sojourna: /* Unnotified T&C changes */

2025-10-09T03:38:50Z

Unnotified T&C changes

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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	===Unnotified ~~T&C~~ changes===		===Unnotified terms and conditions changes===

	[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI Kian Brose is bringing a class action lawsuit against Mojang] as they have failed to comply with European Consumer protection laws by changing their terms and conditions without notifying their customers of the change several times. They claim "~~It’s~~ up to you to occasionally check back here to see if these guidelines have changed" <ref name="minecraftUG">{{Cite web \|title=Minecraft Usage Guidelines \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/usage-guidelines \|access-date=August 17, 2025 \|website=Minecraft}}</ref>		[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_UF_4gZclI Kian Brose is bringing a class action lawsuit against Mojang] as they have failed to comply with European Consumer protection laws by changing their terms and conditions without notifying their customers of the change several times. They claim "It's up to you to occasionally check back here to see if these guidelines have changed".<ref name="minecraftUG">{{Cite web \|title=Minecraft Usage Guidelines \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/usage-guidelines \|access-date=August 17, 2025 \|website=Minecraft}}</ref>

	[https://www.gofundme.com/f/hold-mojang-accountable-for-their-unlawful-behaviour GoFundMe Campaign]		[https://www.gofundme.com/f/hold-mojang-accountable-for-their-unlawful-behaviour GoFundMe Campaign]

Elxroid: /* Gambling */ added note about gambling self exclusion

2025-08-17T12:34:39Z

Gambling: added note about gambling self exclusion

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	===Gambling===		===Gambling===
	Under the Minecraft Usage Guidelines it says "Do not do anything that would harm or damage our name, brand, or assets (for example: gambling, pornography, violence, terrorism, or other unsafe/mature content)"<ref name="minecraftUG">{{Cite web \|title=Minecraft Usage Guidelines \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/usage-guidelines \|access-date=August 17, 2025 \|website=Minecraft}}</ref>. According to these guidelines that Mojang created all servers that include gambling are against Usage Guidelines, however Mojang only takes action if the gambling looks like casinos and roulette tables, not if they are loot boxes even though loot boxes are a form of gambling<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Greer \|first=Nancy \|last2=Boyle \|first2=Cailem Murray \|last3=Jenkinson \|first3=Rebecca \|title=Harms associated with loot boxes and simulated gambling in video games \|url=https://aifs.gov.au/research_programs/australian-gambling-research-centre/loot-boxes-simulated-gambling-video-games-harms \|url-status=live \|work=Australian Institute of Family Studies \|language=English}}</ref>		Under the Minecraft Usage Guidelines it says "Do not do anything that would harm or damage our name, brand, or assets (for example: gambling, pornography, violence, terrorism, or other unsafe/mature content)"<ref name="minecraftUG">{{Cite web \|title=Minecraft Usage Guidelines \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/usage-guidelines \|access-date=August 17, 2025 \|website=Minecraft}}</ref>. According to these guidelines that Mojang created all servers that include gambling are against Usage Guidelines, however Mojang only takes action if the gambling looks like casinos and roulette tables, not if they are loot boxes even though loot boxes are a form of gambling<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Greer \|first=Nancy \|last2=Boyle \|first2=Cailem Murray \|last3=Jenkinson \|first3=Rebecca \|title=Harms associated with loot boxes and simulated gambling in video games \|url=https://aifs.gov.au/research_programs/australian-gambling-research-centre/loot-boxes-simulated-gambling-video-games-harms \|url-status=live \|work=Australian Institute of Family Studies \|language=English}}</ref>. It is also Important to note that these servers can be accessed by people with gambling issues as there is no compliance with existing gambling self-exclusion practices.
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+Servers<ref>{{Cite web \|date=22 Sep 2025 \|title=Exposing Minecraft's ILLEGAL Server Gambling Operations... \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgrKo1mpeGo \|url-status=live \|access-date=17 Sep 2024 \|website=youtube.com}}</ref>		\|+Servers<ref>{{Cite web \|date=22 Sep 2025 \|title=Exposing Minecraft's ILLEGAL Server Gambling Operations... \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgrKo1mpeGo \|url-status=live \|access-date=17 Sep 2024 \|website=youtube.com}}</ref>

Elxroid: Steamlined Forced migration of accounts to Microsoft & linked to main article

2025-08-17T12:30:34Z

Steamlined Forced migration of accounts to Microsoft & linked to main article

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	===Forced migration of accounts to Microsoft===		===Forced migration of accounts to Microsoft===

	After Microsoft acquired Mojang on 15th of September 2015 Mojang started the process of migrating Minecraft accounts to Microsoft, This process would force users to ~~either~~ link their ~~Microsoft Xbox~~ account to ~~their Minecraft account or, create~~ a Microsoft ~~Xbox~~ account~~. Non-compliance with these requirements would mean that people who had previously purchased Minecraft would lose~~ access to ~~the~~ purchase ~~<ref name="minecraftUG" />~~.		After Microsoft acquired Mojang on 15th of September 2015 Mojang started the process of migrating Minecraft accounts to Microsoft, This process would force users to link their Minecraft account to a Microsoft account to continue to have access to their purchase. Read More on the main article: [[Minecraft account migration]]

	==Products==		==Products==

Aekl: Adding Gambling Section

2025-08-17T12:28:11Z

Adding Gambling Section

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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	~~{{Ph-C-Inc}}~~

	~~This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}\|{{PAGENAME}} category]].~~

	===Unnotified T&C changes===		===Unnotified T&C changes===

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	*[[Shutting down of community-run Minecraft servers by Mojang]]		*[[Shutting down of community-run Minecraft servers by Mojang]]

			===Gambling===
			Under the Minecraft Usage Guidelines it says "Do not do anything that would harm or damage our name, brand, or assets (for example: gambling, pornography, violence, terrorism, or other unsafe/mature content)"<ref name="minecraftUG">{{Cite web \|title=Minecraft Usage Guidelines \|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/usage-guidelines \|access-date=August 17, 2025 \|website=Minecraft}}</ref>. According to these guidelines that Mojang created all servers that include gambling are against Usage Guidelines, however Mojang only takes action if the gambling looks like casinos and roulette tables, not if they are loot boxes even though loot boxes are a form of gambling<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Greer \|first=Nancy \|last2=Boyle \|first2=Cailem Murray \|last3=Jenkinson \|first3=Rebecca \|title=Harms associated with loot boxes and simulated gambling in video games \|url=https://aifs.gov.au/research_programs/australian-gambling-research-centre/loot-boxes-simulated-gambling-video-games-harms \|url-status=live \|work=Australian Institute of Family Studies \|language=English}}</ref>
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|+Servers<ref>{{Cite web \|date=22 Sep 2025 \|title=Exposing Minecraft's ILLEGAL Server Gambling Operations... \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgrKo1mpeGo \|url-status=live \|access-date=17 Sep 2024 \|website=youtube.com}}</ref>
			!Server Name
			!Owned by
			!Problem
			\|-
			\|CosmicPVP
			\|PrestonPlayz
			Mr. Waffles
			\|Rigging Rates in lootboxes
			\|-
			\|PurplePrisons
			\|Saito
			\|Allows for buying unbans<sub>Also Against Mojang TOS</sub>
			\|}

	===Forced migration of accounts to Microsoft===		===Forced migration of accounts to Microsoft===

	After Microsoft acquired Mojang on 15th of September 2015 Mojang started the process of migrating Minecraft accounts to Microsoft, This process would force users to either link their Microsoft Xbox account to their Minecraft account or, create a Microsoft Xbox account. Non-compliance with these requirements would mean that people who had previously purchased Minecraft would lose access to the purchase <ref name="minecraftUG"/>.		After Microsoft acquired Mojang on 15th of September 2015 Mojang started the process of migrating Minecraft accounts to Microsoft, This process would force users to either link their Microsoft Xbox account to their Minecraft account or, create a Microsoft Xbox account. Non-compliance with these requirements would mean that people who had previously purchased Minecraft would lose access to the purchase <ref name="minecraftUG" />.

	==Products==		==Products==
	*[[Minecraft]] (2011): Minecraft is a sandbox game		*[[Minecraft]] (2011): Minecraft is a sandbox game
	*[[Caller's Bane]] (2014): Strategy-based digital collectible card game		*[[Caller's Bane]] (2014): Strategy-based digital collectible card game
	*[[Crown and Council]] (2016): A turn-based strategy game		*[[Crown and Council]] (2016): A turn-based strategy game