{
  "id": 17090530,
  "title": "Minecraft Creator Notch Is Selling His L.A. Mansion for the 'Low' Asking Price of $70 Million",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/minecraft-creator-notch-is-selling-his-l-a-mansion-for-the-low-asking",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-29T15:24:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/minecraft-creator-notch-is-selling-his-la-mansion-for-the-low-asking-price-of-70-million"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Markus \"Notch\" Persson, the creator of Minecraft, is selling his Beverly Hills mansion for $70 million, which is the low asking price for a property of its caliber. Once worth $70 million, the 22,300-square-foot estate now boasts features like 15 bathrooms, a $200,000 candy room, and its own private nightclub. With 8 bedrooms and a 2,500-bottle wine cellar, the mansion has seen significant enhancements since Notch's acquisition. Despite L.A.'s median home value more than doubling in the past decade, Notch is aiming for a swift sale. The mansion stands as the most expensive home sale in Beverly Hills this year and the second most expensive in L.A. County. Notch no longer resides in L.A. due to a lack of frequent visits, and his decision echoes a trend of tech billionaires relocating to avoid a proposed wealth tax in California. Microsoft launched a Minecraft sequel, Minecraft Dungeons 2, in recent times, while a Minecraft movie grossed over $700 million worldwide.",
  "summary": "Markus “Notch” Persson sold Minecraft developer Mojang to Microsoft back in 2014 for a cool $2.5 billion, then moved to the U.S. and casually outbid Jay-Z and Beyonce for a Beverly Hills mansion. At the time, it cost him $70 million. Now, he's selling up.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}