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September 15, 2014 at 11:18 AM EDT
STOCKHOLM - Microsoft Corp says it will acquire Stockholm-based games developer Mojang and the company's wildly popular Minecraft video game franchise for $2.5 billion. (MOJANG M&A/MICROSOFT (UPDATE 2), expect by 1600 GMT / 12:00 p.m. ET, by Mia Shanley, 700 words)