Minecraft's original and hugely controversial creator Markus "Notch" Persson has cancelled plans for a spiritual successor to the mammoth block-building phenomenon, six whole days after he "basically announced Minecraft 2.

Original Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson has stated on Twitter that his next game will be a Minecraft spiritual successor and that he "basically announced minecraft 2." Notch had run a Twitter poll asking followers to weigh in on whether he should keep his in-development project's current direction,

Markus "Notch" Persson has "basically announced Minecraft 2" by his own admission after he released a poll asking fans what game they'd like him to make.

Markus Persson, aka Notch, has announced he's getting back into game development and is making "basically Minecraft 2."

Markus "Notch" Persson has "basically announced" Minecraft 2. In an X exchange over the New Year, Persson invited his millions of followers to indicate which project they'd like him to focus on in 2025 - a traditional roguelike mixed with a "tile-based first-person dungeon crawler" or a "spiritual successor" to Minecraft.