Minecraft has landed in a Swedish courtroom: on October 7, 2026, the Nacka District Court (Nacka tingsrätt) ordered Mojang AB to respond in class action case number T 5478-26. The case is about the forced migration of Mojang accounts to Microsoft accounts, which the company carried out for players who bought the game before December 2013.

How Kian Brose's case began

The lawsuit was started by Swedish content creator Kian Brose, who teamed up with Samuel "Perny" Somerkivi to run a GoFundMe fundraiser. They raised around $150,000 to cover legal costs. The filings reached the Nacka court on June 24, 2026.

The allegations come down to three points: Mojang allegedly introduced new terms that restricted how people could use the game without valid consent from consumers, forced players to hand their accounts over to Microsoft under threat of losing access to the game they had bought, and transferred and processed players' personal data outside the European Union without a proper legal basis. According to the campaign website lawsuit.gg, the plaintiffs argue that consent given under pressure is not consent under the GDPR.

The court summons and where the case stands

The case is currently in the class certification stage, meaning the court first decides whether it qualifies as a class action before it gets to the merits of the claims. The timeline is already quite long: on July 23, the court provisionally found grounds to proceed with a class case, on August 5, Mojang responded to the court's concerns, on August 21, notices were sent to potential participants, and on September 25, the deadline to confirm participation passed.

According to the current case status, the court did not approve Mojang's motion to dismiss and on October 7 issued a summons to respond "without delay". By the deadline, 1,464 participants had signed up, and roughly 180 more applications arrived after the cutoff and won't be counted in this round.

Who can join the class action

The pool of eligible people is narrow and precisely defined. Under the campaign's criteria, you can apply to take part if you bought the game before December 10, 2013, lived in the European Union or the European Economic Area at the time of purchase, and were under 18. According to the plaintiffs, this is exactly the group that couldn't knowingly and freely accept the later terms changes that forced the switch to a Microsoft account.

The demands in the lawsuit go beyond compensation. The plaintiffs are seeking a full reversal of the account migration, data processing exclusively within the European Union, and a formal ruling by the court that any contract terms introduced after the date the game was purchased are invalid. On top of that, each participant would receive 15,000 Swedish kronor in compensation for violations of data protection rules, citing Article 82 of the GDPR on the right to compensation.

What it means for Polish players

For players in Poland, the case has practical implications, because the GDPR applies identically across the whole European Union. If you bought a Minecraft account before December 2013 as a minor living in Poland, you theoretically meet the campaign's criteria, although the current stage of the proceedings covers a closed list of participants who signed up by September 25. Still, the outcome could affect how Microsoft and Mojang treat older accounts and data transfers across Europe, regardless of whether you play Minecraft Java Edition or Bedrock.

It's also worth noting that the account migration from Mojang to Microsoft took years and was criticized by the community even before the lawsuit was filed. You can follow the history of the terms changes and game versions in the Minecraft version archive, which helps show how long the dispute over account terms has been going on.

What's next

Mojang now has to give the court a formal response to the allegations, though the campaign hasn't announced a specific date for the next hearing. Certifying the case as a class action could take several more months, and the whole process, according to the fundraiser organizers' earlier estimates, may take about a year. Until the class is formally decided, the case won't move on to a review of the merits, but the fact that the Nacka court issued the summons means Mojang can no longer count on the suit being dismissed without a response.

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