Most of you would know the name Notch. He’s the hat-wearing Swedish developer that eats, breathes, and sleeps Minecraft, right? Well … he was. Now Mr. Markus “Notch” Persson is relinquishing lead development duties on the massively successful game so he can invest his time as head honcho at his growing development house Mojang.
So who’s going to take over that high-profile spot while Notch starts “work on some new project”? Meet Jens Bergensten, who has been working with Notch and the Minecraft team. “We’ve been working together on Minecraft for a year now, and I’m amazed at how much in sync we two are when it comes to how to design the game.” Notch wrote on his Tumblr. “And when we don’t agree, we discuss it and something much better comes out at a result. He’s truly a great person to work with, and I feel very confident handing over the leadership of Minecraft to him.”
In fact, Notch is so confident he’s going to take a break for “rest.” With the first MineCon convention over, a 1.0 version of Minecraft released, and some four million plus paying users, we think he’s earned it.
Mind you, we think the cat is the mastermind behind everything.