When is Minecraft 2 not Minecraft 2? When Notch is making it but can't use any of the ideas that made the first game so amazing, that's when.

Minecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson has "basically announced" a spiritual successor to the exceptionally popular sandbox game after issuing a poll on social media.

Markus "Notch" Persson said on X that he "basically announced" Minecraft 2, but it might look a bit different than you expect. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Markus “Notch” Persson, creator of the original sandbox building game Minecraft, is working on a "spiritual successor" to the game.

Markus "Notch" Persson has "basically announced Minecraft 2" by his own admission after he released a poll asking fans what game they'd like him to make.

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Markus Persson, aka Notch, has announced he's getting back into game development and is making "basically Minecraft 2."

The original creator of Minecraft, Notch, has announced a spiritual successor on social media. In a poll posted on X, Notch asked the community whether he should continue working on a traditional roguelike or create

Markus "Notch" Persson has "basically announced" Minecraft 2. In an X exchange over the New Year, Persson invited his millions of followers to indicate which project they'd like him to focus on in 2025 - a traditional roguelike mixed with a "tile-based first-person dungeon crawler" or a "spiritual successor" to Minecraft.