"Minecraft: The Story of Mojang" is coming to TV this weekend. The documentary, which has received praise, will talk about the popular game "Minecraft" and its origins. Fusion has announced that they will show the documentary Sunday at 8 p.m. eastern time.

The two-hour TV event will be followed by a show called "Talking Minecraft." That show will explore "Minecraft" even deeper than the documentary, according to Gamespot.

"Minecraft: The Story of Mojan" was produced by 2Player Productions. To receive funding, the film relied on a Kickstarter campaign. It was originally released in 2012. The documentary tells the story of "Minecraft" transforming from a game with poor graphics to a hugely popular game that Microsoft ended up paying $2.5 billion for.

"Minecraft" is still a hot game and it continues to attract new and established fans. The Fusion network noticed that. Instead of dying off like many independent games, "Minecraft" is growing. That is why Fusion is airing the documentary and even creating its own content around the game.


In September 2014, Microsoft agreed to purchase Mojang and the "Minecraft" franchise for $2.5 billion. Now, the popular game is being made into a movie, there is a "Minecraft" convention similar to ComicCon called MineCon coming this summer and the game recently added "The Simpsons" content into the game. Last month, the PC version of the game recorded having 1 million people playing the game at the same time.

"Minecraft" was created by Markus "Notch" Persson. Persson has since left Mojang and purchased a $70 million mansion in Beverly Hills, outbidding celebrities Beyonce and Jay-Z, Gamespot reports.

Persson has recently spoke out about selling "Minecraft" to Microsoft. He has said that he sometimes feels like a "sellout" for selling it to Microsoft.

"Talking Minecraft" will continue the conversation on the game. It aims to explain the game's impact and influence on the gaming world. The show will include interviews from the producers of "Minecraft: The Story of Mojang" as well as some video game industry experts.

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