Minecraft is perhaps the most inexplicably popular game out there right now. You can’t play it on your consoles or mobile devices, only PC. It looks like an NES-era game. It’s still in its beta phase.

Markus Persson, the billionaire creator of Minecraft, tells FORBES why he sold independent gaming company for $2.5 billion to Microsoft in an exclusive interview.

Markus "Notch" Persson's next big game is stuck. Freed from the necessity of hit-driven game releases, powered by the popularity of Minecraft's tens of millions of fans, Persson has the ability to not ...