Minecraft celebrated its fifteenth anniversary final 12 months, however regardless of rising into these troublesome teenage years, it seems that developer Mojang has no plans to substitute it with a sequel.
On a latest journey to the Stockholm studio, IGN requested in regards to the risk of the best-selling game of all time getting a sequel. Ingela Garneij, government producer of Minecraft Vanilla, had an amusing, but to-the-point reply for us: “Do you think we're going to have an Earth 2? No, no, there's no Minecraft 2.”
While Minecraft 2.0 is evidently not on the horizon, that doesn’t imply the survival-crafting phenomenon received’t proceed to evolve. In reality, plans stretch manner into the long run, with a goal of at the very least doubling its present lifespan.
“We've existed for 15 years”, said Garneij. “We want to exist at least 15 years more so we actually, Agnes [Larsson, Minecraft Vanilla’s game director] and I, we work as a team. We set the vision and strategy for our game for what can we do beyond that.”
It’s an ambition propelled by Mojang’s need to innovate, persevering with the mine and craft, so to converse, new concepts upon their rock-solid foundations. Those foundations are starting to show their age, although, Garneij admitted, and whereas there are no plans for an engine overhaul, it does imply that new content material, resembling the newly revealed Vibrant Visuals graphics update, does take time to put into observe.
“I think the age of the game is a challenge," Garneij said. "It's a 15-year-old platform, 15-year-old technology that slows us down in one sense. So other new games have new engines, and they can run really fast. So I would say the technology and our age [are our biggest challenges].”
Despite this, Minecraft continues to be one of the preferred video games on the earth, and, so far as we are able to inform, exhibits no indicators of slowing down. There's additionally no plan for Minecraft to go free-to-play or take advantage of generative AI technology. Just don’t anticipate to be taking part in Minecraft 2 within the close to future. Not on this Earth, anyway.
Check out everything announced at Minecraft Live 2025 for more on what's coming to the game.
Simon Cardy is a Senior Editorial Producer who can primarily be discovered skulking round open world video games, indulging in Korean cinema, or despairing on the state of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Follow him on Bluesky at @cardy.bsky.social.