NERD BeAts Beyonce & Jay Z's Bidding War for Epic L.A. House (photo)

Well is pays to be a NERD, that's something fame and grammys can't give you

A 35-year-old Swedish video game programmer just got the prized house that Jay Z and Beyonce also wanted ...


TMZ has learned.Our real estate sources tell us ... Markus Persson plunked down $70 million cash for a 23,000 square foot palace in Bev Hills.Markus can afford it ... he sold his company, Mojang -- which created the video game Minecraft -- to Microsoft for $2.5 BILLION.As we reported, Beyonce and Jay Z visited the house multiple times and made an offer but Markus beat them out at 70.

 The other winners ... realtors Branden Williams and Ben Bacal who get a big fat commission check. 


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