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.

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

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 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.

The creator of Minecraft, Markus “Notch” Persson, recently hinted at a “spiritual successor” to his iconic survival game. “Minecraft 2” project could mean he is making a comeback to the gaming industry.