Years after his creation and studio Mojang to Microsoft for a formidable $2.5 billion, Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson has, in his phrases, “principally introduced minecraft 2.”
The informal announcement got here through X after Markus posted a ballot asking followers what they want him to work on. The choices included carrying on engaged on a “conventional roguelike” with “tile-based first-person” gameplay, or whether or not he ought to ditch that concept in favour of a Minecraft successor.
I principally introduced minecraft 2.
I believed that possibly folks ACTUALLY do need me to make one other recreation that is tremendous much like the primary one, and I am loving engaged on video games once more.
I do not tremendous duper care precisely which recreation I make first (or even when I make extra), however I do know…
— notch (@notch) January 3, 2025
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Replying to a fan after the ballot was achieved, Notch offered a prolonged tweet revealing {that a} religious follow-up to Minecraft is within the works.
“I principally introduced minecraft 2,” Notch advised the consumer. “I believed that possibly folks ACTUALLY do need me to make one other recreation that’s tremendous much like the primary one, and I’m loving engaged on video games once more.”
“I don’t tremendous duper care precisely which recreation I make first (or even when I make extra), however I do know I’m making one, so I figured I’d completely be keen to offer it an trustworthy shot within the type of a religious successor to minecraft and put up a ballot about it.”
Notch goes on to say we needs to be “clear and trustworthy about it” as a result of religious successors “are often form of…you understand…washed up.” Notch admits that he’s a bit afraid his new recreation will find yourself being precisely that.
Notch, after all, hasn’t launched a recreation since he offered Mojang to Microsoft over a decade in the past, regardless of creating a brand new studio. That sale can also be the rationale the brand new recreation can’t be referred to as Minecraft 2.
Whereas the brand new recreation will basically be Minecraft 2, Notch does make i very clear that he received’t be stepping on Mojang’s toes: “so I additionally intend to do that in a means that by no means tried to sneakily infringe on the unimaginable work the Mojang staff is doing and that Microsoft is efficiently doing the microsoft shittification about.”
