Minecraft 2 is cancelled — Notch changed his mind about developing a spiritual successor and started making another game he considers more promising

Many are dissatisfied with the development of current Minecraft, and some gamers had begun to harbor hope following Notch’s announcement, but it was not meant to be.

Markus Persson, also known as Notch, shook up the community. The famous developer “announced Minecraft 2.”

However, plans soon changed dramatically. Notch announced work on another project:

“Talked to the guys in the office.  Looks like we’re making Levers and Chests! The turning point was PC Gamer saying it sounded interesting, haha. Yes, I still love PC Gamer.”

During his interaction with fans, he stated:

“Trust me, a spiritual successor [to Minecraft] would be far less entertaining than a dungeon crawler roguelike.”

Some are theorizing that “guests from Microsoft” might have dropped by to see the creator and explain that “making Minecraft 2 is not the best idea,” or perhaps “bought him off” so that the sandbox game would not face a worthy competitor on the market.

Notch shared a screenshot of an early build of Levers and Chests:

“None of the names, categories, icons, numbers, or text are final, but it works and updates the attribute list.

Even threw in some color coding for you.”

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Cover author: @notch. Image source: minecraft.fandom.com

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Screenshot author: @notch. Image source: twitter.com