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Minecraft

Former Ludosity Interactive boss Daniel Kaplan joins team of Swedish-developed indie game.

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Stockholm, Sweden – 15th of September. Swedish indie game developer Mojang Specifiations, creators of Minecraft, has signed former CEO of Ludosity Interactive Daniel Kaplan as business developer to help expand, maintain and support Minecraft.

“I am really excited to start working with Mojang and I am really looking forward to join the one-man-show and continue the development of Minecraft” says Daniel Kaplan.

Minecraft, which is currently being developed by Markus Persson aka Notch is excited: "It's great to have Daniel on board to take care of the business side of things! He really understands that side of running a company, and us working together means I can get back to focusing on actually delivering a great product."

Mojang Specifications’ game Minecraft is still under development and is currently in the alpha-stages and being sold for 9.95EUR through www.minecraft.net

About Mojang Specifications

Mojang Specifications is an independent developer of computer games for Windows, Mac and Linux. The company was founded in 2009 and believes in creating games with community involvement. The first title, Minecraft, which is still in Alpha, has sold over 155 000 copies.

For more information please visit: http://notch.tumblr.com and http://www.minecraft.net

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