Minecraft: Microsoft in talks to buy Mojang for $2 Billion, according to report

Minecraft developer Mojang may soon be the property of Microsoft, if recent rumors turn out to be true.

Microsoft is looking to buy Minecraft, and for a pretty heavy sum of money, according to today’s tastiest on dit.

The Wall Street Journal [paywall] cites “a person with knowledge of the matter” for word that Microsoft and Mojang are in “serious discussions”.

The deal, rumoured to be worth about $2 billion, could be signed as early as this week.  Minecraft has sold over 54 million copies across all platforms, ranking it alongside a small number of single titles like Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty that can boats of tens of millions of copies sold of a single game.

Minecraft is available on Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, and is coming to Vita.