Microsoft buys Minecraft-maker for $2.5 bn

Microsoft has bought Mojang, maker of the hit video game Minecraft, for $2.5 billion.

The move is being seen as an attempt to boost the company's XBox game console and, more crucially, its mobile platform.

Rebecca Bowring reports.

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