Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson recently announced a spiritual successor to his classic survival game known as Colloquial Minecraft 2.
It will be a major motion picture in 2025 (star Jason Momoa behind), Minecraft is one of the best-selling games of all time, with over 300 million copies sold to date.
However, Notch himself has not been involved in the franchise since 2014, when his studio Mojang was sold to Microsoft for $2.5 billion.
Coincidentally, Notch announced Minecraft as a successor
Markus “Notch” Persson potentially teased fans on social media Minecraft a spiritual successor, he has declared Minecraft 2.
He asked a fan on his personal X account (formerly Twitter). Minecraft the creator asked what they would rather see with the developer’s next project, “Make Minecraft 2” or continue the work he described “a traditional roguelike… mixed with a tile-based first-person dungeon crawler:”
“The new game I’m passionately working on right now is a traditional roguelike (ie “ADOM”, “nethack”, etc.) mixed with a tile-based first-person dungeon crawler (ie “Legend of Grimrock” (esp 2)), Eye of the Beholder)
But then I have to think that maybe there are people who like my work but maybe don’t share my taste in retro nostalgia and would like me to make a spiritual successor to Minecraft, and I mean sure I’d take that cash. “
When asked if he could even do a Minecraft a sequel without Microsoft or Mojang, Notch admitted, “No, that would be highly illegal.” He teased though “(I could) make a new original game of the same type as Minecraft and call it something else:”
“No, that would be highly illegal. Instead, I would make a new original game similar to ‘Minecraft’ and call it something else. These are traditionally called ‘spiritual successors’, but usually they seem mostly But if people really want it, I would that’s why I like my “Gremlins 2” game.
“If for some reason Microsoft wanted me to do it and we somehow agreed on terms, I would definitely be up for it.” the Minecraft the creator said that if the company he sold his games to was interested in him returning to the franchise, he would be ready:
“If for some reason Microsoft wanted me to do it, and we somehow agreed on terms, I would absolutely be willing to do it. I’d even give them a much bigger share than I think. I have to make it clear that I’m not doing it with bad intentions, but I have to be a bitch .”
This, of course, caused speculation about a possible sequel online. After its original publication in 2011, it is spoken a Minecraft 2 has been somewhat controversial as sales of the original game have continued.
While some have questions about how seriously Notch is taking the announcement, he remains convinced that it was true. In a separate thread, Persson told his followers, “I…highly value being a man of my word:”
“I basically declared ‘Minecraft 2’… Oh and I also appreciate being a man of my word, so I’m also going to do this in a way that in no way tried to insult the incredible work the Mojang team is doing and that Microsoft is successfully making crap out of it , that it’s their job. My understanding is that they let the studio do things their way for me.”
Will Minecraft 2 ever actually happen?
Is Notch really his Minecraft 2-spirited spiritual successor remains to be seen, but he seems clear that he will make it happen if the public wants it.
Over the years, Microsoft and Mojang have remained relatively quiet in the face of the full turn-on Minecraft sequel.
Instead, the two tech giants have decided to simply upgrade the foundation constantly Minecraft game and bring it to new platforms as they become available – we can assume it will come to the Nintendo Switch 2 when it eventually launches (read more about the Nintendo Switch 2 here).
So this possible new Notch game might be the closest thing to a Minecraft 2 fans will ever get. After leaving the development Minecraft Since selling the gaming megahit to Microsoft in 2014, Notch has been relatively quiet on the development front.
Aside from a few smaller projects, including a free two-hour Unity demo and several smaller game jam projects, the well-known developer has yet to release a project at scale Minecraft after the game’s release.
This could be a unique testing ground for the developer to see if he can strike twice by dipping his toe back into the formula he helped create in 2011.
Minecraft is now available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PC, Apple Android, and Mac.
