Persson has more accurately described the new game as ‘a spiritual successor to Minecraft.’ After all, he can’t actually call it Minecraft 2 without getting a visit from Microsoft’s lawyers, since Persson sold the Minecraft IP for $2.5 billion in 2014.
‘Minecraft 2’ announced by disgraced creator Notch but it doesn’t involve Mojang After falling out with Microsoft over his offensive social media posts, the creator of Minecraft is looking to make his own sequel.
Over the weekend, Persson reiterated he’s ‘100% serious about all that,’ explaining to one confused fan that he ‘basically announced Minecraft 2.’ He added, ‘I don’t super duper care exactly which game I make first (or even if I make more), but I do know I’m making one.’.
In a social media post from January 1, Persson shared a poll asking his followers whether they’d be more interested in the new roguelike dungeon crawler he’s working on or Minecraft 2.
Not from Microsoft or developer Mojang Studios, but from the man who created Minecraft in the first place: Markus ‘Notch’ Persson.
