Code Club AB is a Swedish

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based in

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. The company was founded by Rolf Jansson and

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in 2007, and was formerly known as Mojang Specifications AB and Onetoofree AB. Code Club developed ''

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'', a

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, and its successor, ''Wurm Unlimited''.

History

Code Club AB was founded as Mojang Specifications AB by Swedish

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s Rolf Jansson and

in 2007, as their game, ''

'', began to turn a profit. Later in 2007, Markus Persson stepped out of the project and left the company. However, he wished to retain the "Mojang" name for himself, leading Jansson to rename the company Onetoofree AB. Jansson had issues explaining the name to others without having to spell it out, wherefore the company assumed a new name, Code Club AB, on 12 October 2011.

Games developed

References

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* {{Markus Persson Video game companies established in 2007 Swedish companies established in 2007 Video game companies of Sweden Markus Persson