In a recent interview with Develop, Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson discusses EA CEO John Riccitiello's visit to the Stockholm headquarters of Mojang, saying that any acquisition hopes Riccitiello might have had were quashed by the independent studio's vibe.
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"Well, EA came to see us. I think they had plans, but the picked up the vibe."
Thing is big companies like EA are not to fond of making their games open source
or mod-able
or basically anything you can do to a copy of doom