While this announcement has been building up steam for weeks, Microsoft made it official on the Xbox Wire. Minecraft and Mojang are officially parts of Microsoft which means all future development will be exclusive to their consoles. Microsofts CEO Phil Spencer wrote a post explaining his thoughts on the acquisition which you can read here. MINECON is still happening next year with no interruption to continue the “creativity of YouTubers, Bloggers, innovators and players.” And they will be making more announcements in the future.