Minecraft developer Mojang has no intention of incorporating generative artificial intelligence into its game growth course of.
The ever-increasing creep of generative AI into game growth makes itself evident by the day, whether or not it’s Activision admitting to utilizing generative AI art in Call of Duty: Black Op 6, or Microsoft building Muse, an AI designed to "generate game ideas."
But, by the sound of it, Mojang has no plans of taking benefit of its dad or mum firm’s new technology, a lot preferring the human contact that resulted in Minecraft turning into the biggest-selling game of all time with an unbelievable 300 million gross sales.
“Here for us, just like Minecraft is about creativity and creating,” acknowledged Minecraft Vanilla game director Agnes Larsson during a current occasion attended by IGN, “I think it's important that it makes us feel happy to create as humans. That's a purpose, [it] makes life look beautiful. So for us, we really want it to be our teams that make our games.”
Ingela Garneij, govt producer of Minecraft Vanilla, expanded on this sentiment: “For me, it's the considering exterior of the field half. This particular contact of: what’s Minecraft? How does it look? That further high quality is actually difficult to create by way of AI. We even attempt to have distant groups typically and guide them in building issues for us, which has by no means labored, as a result of it’s a must to be right here working collectively face-to-face.
"I mean creativity is… you need to meet like this as a person, as a human to really truly understand the values and principles and the ecosystem, the lore, everything. It's so massive Minecraft, it's a planet, it's massive."
The people making Minecraft proceed to build on its record-breaking foundations. The newly revealed graphics replace, titled Vibrant Visuals, is due out in the near future, and Mojang continues to refuse to make Minecraft free-to-play. This philosophy of bettering and increasing the unique game additionally goes hand-in-hand with Mojang's desire to not make a “Minecraft 2." It could also be 16 years outdated now, however there’s actually no signal of Minecraft slowing down, and no signal of generative AI discovering its method into the Nether.
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.