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|Website=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us

|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==

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===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]

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===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"

|+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

!Owned by

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===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==

*[[Minecraft]] (2011): Minecraft is a sandbox game

*Minecraft (2011): Minecraft is a sandbox game

*[[Caller's Bane]] (2014): Strategy-based digital collectible card game

*[[Crown and Council]] (2016): A turn-based strategy game

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 |Website=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us
 |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==
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 ===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]
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 ===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"
-|+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
 !Owned by
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 ===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==
-*[[Minecraft]] (2011): Minecraft is a sandbox game
+*Minecraft (2011): Minecraft is a sandbox game
 *[[Caller's Bane]] (2014): Strategy-based digital collectible card game
 *[[Crown and Council]] (2016): A turn-based strategy game