Minecraft celebrated its fifteenth anniversary final yr, however regardless of rising into these troublesome teenage years, it seems that developer Mojang has no plans to change it with a sequel.
On a latest journey to the Stockholm studio, IGN requested about the opportunity of the best-selling sport of all time getting a sequel. Ingela Garneij, govt producer of Minecraft Vanilla, had an amusing, but to-the-point reply for us: “Do you assume we’re going to have an Earth 2? No, no, there isn’t any Minecraft 2.”
Whereas Minecraft 2.0 is evidently not on the horizon, that doesn’t imply the survival-crafting phenomenon gained’t proceed to evolve. In reality, plans stretch method into the longer term, with a objective of a minimum of doubling its present lifespan.
“We have existed for 15 years”, acknowledged Garneij. “We would like to exist a minimum of 15 years extra so we truly, Agnes [Larsson, Minecraft Vanilla’s game director] and I, we work as a group. We set the imaginative and prescient and technique for our sport for what can we do past 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. These foundations are starting to present their age, although, Garneij admitted, and whereas there are not any plans for an engine overhaul, it does imply that new content material, such because the newly revealed Vibrant Visuals graphics replace, does take time to put into follow.
“I believe the age of the sport is a problem,” Garneij stated. “It is a 15-year-old platform, 15-year-old know-how that slows us down in a single sense. So different new video games have new engines, and so they can run actually quick. So I’d say the know-how and our age [are our biggest challenges].”
Regardless of this, Minecraft continues to be probably the most common video games on the planet, and, so far as we are able to inform, reveals no indicators of slowing down. There’s additionally no plan for Minecraft to go free-to-play or reap the benefits of generative AI know-how. Simply don’t count on to be taking part in Minecraft 2 within the close to future. Not on this Earth, anyway.
Try the whole lot introduced at Minecraft Dwell 2025 for extra on what’s coming to the sport.
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. Observe him on Bluesky at @cardy.bsky.social.
