Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson has "basically announced" a spiritual successor to the exceptionally popular sandbox game after issuing a poll on social media.
The developer asked his audience what they would like him to focus on in 2025, with the options being a traditional roguelike mixed with a 'tile based first person dungeon crawler', or a spiritual successor to Minecraft.
Not surprisingly, an overwhelming majority (81.5%) voted for the Minecraft successor, despite Persson encouraging users to vote for the alternative. Since then, he has indicated that he was "100% serious about all that" and, in responding to a comment, clarified that he has "basically announced Minecraft 2".
Persson hasn't been a part of Minecraft's developer Mojang since 2014. After feeling the pressure from intense media attention, he left the company after the acquisition by Microsoft was finalised, making Persson a boatload of money in the process. Since then, however, both Microsoft and Mojang have distanced themselves from Persson after he made a number of controversial comments on social media.
Naturally, then, while this won't be an official sequel in any sense of the word, it's likely that Persson's project will share many similarities with Minecraft, though he is conscious not to "sneakily infringe on the incredible work the Mojang team is doing".
What do you think of this? Is a Minecraft successor even needed at this point? Leave a comment down below and let us know your thoughts.
[source x.com, via eurogamer.net]
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We got Minecraft 2 before GTA 6
Yeah nah, he made some atrocious comments.. not really interested in what he might be working on
I prefer Portal Knights and Dragon Quest Builders 1 & 2 over than Minecraft.
Aesthetically way much better than Minecraft.
Portal Knights
Dragon Quest Builders 2
How can you build something like Minecraft that isn't Minecraft I wonder? A little less blocky in nature? Or perhaps no SSB Ultimate fiasco... 😳
My personal opinions about "Notch" aside (he is a beyond toxic guy)
I don't think he can make a true "Minecraft 2" because he also sold the rights to the game to Microsoft.
At best it will be some rip off, but time will tell.
@Anti-Matter , never liked Portal Knights, but both Dragon Quest games I did a lot.
@mariomaster96 We even got Half-Life 3 before GTA 6.
As far as I'm concerned, Mojang has made Minecraft what it is today, not Notch.
I'm not interested in this wholly unnecessary vanity project. (Especially since Notch has said many abhorrent things on the record.)
@Rayquaza2510
Portal Knights was like Minecraft + MySims characters as they talk gibberish like MySims characters. And I like that whimsical.
Portal Knights aesthetically beautiful in environments.
There are natural places with grasses until outer space with giant glowing mushrooms.
Portal Knights buildings are very medieval.
But Dragon Quest Builders 2 have combination of medieval buildings construction and modern house buildings.
That's why I like both Portal Knights and Dragon Quest Builders games.
@LadyCharlie Notch was the lead on Minecraft for just over two years. Jeb has been the lead on Minecraft for over thirteen years. Nuff said, really.
Isn't he the bloke that doesn't like Nintendo or something?
Notch can talk much, especially nonsense the last years.
How would a Minecraft successor even play out? I doubt it'll ever see the light of day. He aborted some projects in the past.
I liked what he did with Minecraft ages ago, when I was playing a beta version of it. But I couldn't care less for what this person says or does anymore, not because but also in addition what he said on twitter etc. over the years.
Hes an awful person so whatever he does he ain't getting a cent from me.
I'm been kinda out of the loop of minecraft news stuff since i don't really follow it all that much, but everyone is saying that this guy is kinda controversial for certain reasons and I'm kinda curious as to what happened between him and his socials .
@Nintendomatt64 Right before he left Minecraft he reset everyone's accounts. People have hated him since.
I'll be interested to see what he comes up with. To me, nothing they've added to Minecraft in recent years has felt quite as cohesive as the base game. I've tried to actually explore all its content a few times, but only the basic loop of getting materials to get better gear to get better materials has ever managed to hold my attention. Hopefully he'll be able to replicate that sense of growth and progression.
@Nintendomatt64 just read his Wikipedia article, there's an entire section devoted to his awful thoughts about other people.
I honestly am not a huge fan of modern Minecraft as it now feels more a paid F2P micro-transaction game (thanks to Microsoft). Idk who this person is, but I think older Minecraft is so much better.
I want to see him flip it for another 2 Billion. I want to see of ge can do it again without the Coffee Stain guys
@canaryfarmer To be fair, Im sure most people who play Minecraft have the same thoughts about, if not the same exact people, the same number of people
@DripDropCop146 Oh dang that's bad
@canaryfarmer Thanks for the tip I'll have to check it out sometime.
Yikes, i just read this guy's Wikipedia page and man he has done some pretty nasty things 😳.....
I'm not really sure if this supposed spiritual sequel is a good idea at this point considering the fact that their are so many minecraft clones and cheap rip offs out there .
What'd Notch do that makes everyone hate him? 💀
Anyway, I rarely play MC so I doubt I'd play a sequel, either.
Yeaah may boi Notch, gonna be interesting to see what he comes up with.
🥳
Also contrary to the mainstream mindset: I don't hate him, I'm gratefull for the game (and wonderful memories)that he has gifted us so long ago.😘
Honestly, I was disappointed when he cancelled his previous project years ago. It looked pretty interesting.
Didn't realize Miku was making a new game!
@AnonyQ What did he say?
Anyone unironically using "super duper" in 2025 does not need that much of attention anyway.
@Edu23XWiiU A lot of controversial societal things towards feminism and LGBTQ+ related stuff, as well as some conspiracy theorist things.
Isn’t levers and chests supposed to be the Minecraft successor?
@BriskSunrise well, I just read it, and dude is entitled to have his own opinion, you know. And, a lot of those "conspiracy" he spoked about, ended up being true. And, he was basically speaking against the activists that have plagued the industry during those years, and are direclty responsible for the biggest failures of last year's new releases. The only thing, he said out of line, was with "piracy not being theft". He can go ahead and say that, because he's a billionaire now, and doesn't have to work again for a day of his life anymore.
Love how people have no issue with creator erasure when it's the person who said the thing they don't like. Nice double standards when it comes to people like Notch and Doug Tennaple. It all came from his spark, like it or not. And people know it. That's why this is making waves.
I'm sure he had several ideas on where to go next with Minecraft before he left. Now that he's seen where the money is at with the model, I except his spiritual successor will be a combination of his undeveloped thoughts on where to take the game and follow a lot of the business model that MS developed after he left.
But, I could also see a case for him going the story path ala DQ Builders and push more in that direction, or maybe take it further into the MMO style space. Or, GASP, VR??? There are certainly a number of options to explore.
It would be just beyond stupid if we really do end up getting the next Minecraft, HL3 and other big releases before GTA6. Bruh!
oh cool and maybe Jordan Peterson will make a tower defense game yay
Notch is a trash bag. Relegating mention of that to a single note at the end of the article about "controversial comments" is kind of irresponsible reporting imo.
Yeah, if you can't build a career without insulting and deriding gender rights and saying that those who are trying to defend it "deserve to be shot," you can get the hell out.
Also, did I hear someone bring up Doug TenNapel as a successful creator? Pfff. Ever notice how he hasn't matched the success of Earthworm Jim?
Title is a bit misleading, it would be a sequel not a spiritual successor to Minecraft. Since he created Minecraft.
@Tasuki It’s not misleading because Notch no longer has ownership of the “Minecraft” brand; so he can’t create a game even remotely similar to it with those same block names and assets and creatures. Anything he creates cannot be a sequel to Minecraft.
He is probably going to make something very different.
@Edu23XWiiU Which of those conspiracies ended up becoming true? If you say PizzaGate, there’s the bloody door 👉🏻
@Antraxx777 Ha! What door, the one to your house? You're already there, no, thank you hahahahaha
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