Minecraft 2 Creator Notch Teases A Spiritual Successor

In a post that went up a few days ago, Notch informed the community that he’s currently working on a new game, which is equal parts mix of traditional roguelike mixed with a tile-based first-person dungeon crawler. However, he then proceeded to express that people might be more interested in him making a spiritual successor thing to Minecraft and started a poll for the same.
And what do you know? The X post Notch started currently stands at over 75% of almost 180K votes saying yes for Minecraft 2. If Notch actually follows through, we could very well see a spiritual successor to Minecraft.

Can Notch Make Minecraft 2?

Technically speaking, he unfortunately cannot make Minecraft 2 without Microsoft’s involvement. For those unaware, Markus Persson, also known as Notch, is the original creator behind Minecraft and Mojang Studios. When the game catapulted to fame, he sold Mojang to Microsoft for a whopping 2.5 billion in 2014. Responding to a question about whether he could actually make Minecraft 2, he said he couldn’t because Microsoft owns the game’s IP. Nonetheless, the new game would have a different title and setting but similar mechanics to Minecraft.
Furthermore, Notch even expressed interest in working with Microsoft again if he was offered the opportunity. He even offered to “give them a much bigger share,” and then he would be obliged to prove his sincerity.
As you can guess, there’s obviously no concrete announcement about Minecraft 2, nor is there any media for it. However, we are eagerly keeping an eye on Notch’s X account in hopes of any announcement about a new game.
That said, do you think Minecraft 2 will happen? Let us know in the comments below!