{"id":45066,"date":"2014-09-09T18:23:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T00:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/09\/microsoft-is-buying-minecraft-nooooooooooo.html"},"modified":"2014-09-15T14:09:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T20:09:54","slug":"microsoft-is-buying-minecraft-nooooooooooo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/09\/microsoft-is-buying-minecraft-nooooooooooo.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is buying &#8230; Minecraft? NOOOOOOOOOOO!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So help me, if they start popping up Bing apps in-game, I&#39;ll be quite cross.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:block;' href='http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2014\/9\/9\/6128759\/microsoft-said-to-be-buying-the-maker-of-minecraft-for-2-billion'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/T0aVLEd0J8MAt7rRggo8pHV_ZoTWvOZV8n6eJYFf1GlO_m70yMYIg35jIChx_ZXkRgWglYFV5QZrQZMJmusZCL8beSxuU0e-tlMJR0RSxpSbQyKvYiTH90s-5_i6u5Wrwl9JNkdyuWqiZZp8yFQRkc2HT26-bE-6NYh_DcQ8Z97n6Fd8YLw2oFJ8xaf-vz9EiA=w506-h303' border='0' \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2014\/9\/9\/6128759\/microsoft-said-to-be-buying-the-maker-of-minecraft-for-2-billion'>Microsoft said to be buying the maker of &#8216;Minecraft&#8217; for $2 billion<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nMicrosoft is nearing a deal to buy Mojang AB, makers of the Minecraft video game franchise, according to a new report. According to the Wall Street Journal, the deal would value Mojang at more than&#8230;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/JaYEdmfknAT'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So help me, if they start popping up Bing apps in-game, I&#39;ll be quite cross. Microsoft said to be buying the maker of &#8216;Minecraft&#8217; for $2 billion Microsoft is nearing a deal to buy Mojang AB, makers of the Minecraft video game franchise, according to a new report. According to the Wall Street Journal, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/09\/microsoft-is-buying-minecraft-nooooooooooo.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Microsoft is buying &#8230; Minecraft? 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