Microsoft formally completes $2.5B purchase of Minecraft & Mojang

Microsoft's Xbox division head Phil Spencer took to Twitter this week to announce the company had officially completed its purchase of open-world Lego simulator Minecraft, along with its developer Mojang. The acquisition was first announced in September for $2.5 billion, and now Microsoft is "excited for the possibilities ahead w/the Minecraft community," wrote Spencer. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Mojang founder …