Authentic Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson has “mainly introduced” Minecraft 2.
In a submit on X over the New Yr, Notch prompt that he may spend the subsequent 12 months engaged on a “religious successor” to his blockbuster sandbox sport.
Minecraft, broadly credited because the best-selling sport of all time, was developed by Notch, who additionally served as a figurehead of the franchise for years. Minecraft and developer Mojang have been bought to Microsoft in 2014 for $2.5 billion.
After posting a ballot asking what his followers would love him to work on, he would later reply to a consumer saying that he “mainly introduced” Minecraft 2.
“I assumed that perhaps folks truly do need me to make one other sport that’s tremendous much like the primary one, and I’m loving engaged on video games once more,” he wrote.
“My intentions are to be clear and sincere about this, saying that religious successors are normally type of… you recognize… washed up. Tragic,” he continued.
Until he labored instantly with Microsoft, Notch’s subsequent challenge couldn’t use the Minecraft IP.
“The issues I’m fearing my subsequent sport goes to be anyway and attempt to push myself to keep away from. So why not do the factor that folks do need and are prepared to offer me, someway, much more money for,” Notch went on.
“I additionally very a lot worth being a person of my phrase, so I additionally intend to do that in a method that by no means tried to sneakily infringe on the unbelievable work the Mojang staff is doing and that Microsoft is efficiently doing the Microsoft shittification about.”
Final 12 months, the international theme park rights to Minecraft have been acquired by Merlin Entertainments, the group behind Alton Towers, Peppa Pig World, Madame Tussauds, and Legoland.
A live-action Minecraft film is due for launch this 12 months.
