Image: Mojang StudiosMinecraft creator Markus 'Notch' Persson has "basically announced" a spiritual successor to the exceptionally popular sandbox game after issuing a poll on social media.The developer asked his audience what they would like him to focus on in 2025, with the options being a traditional roguelike mixed with a 'tile based first person dungeon crawler', or a spiritual successor to Minecraft.Not surprisingly, an overwhelming majority (81.5%) voted for the Minecraft successor, despite Persson encouraging users to vote for the alternative. Since then, he has indicated that he was "100% serious about all that" and, in responding to a comment, clarified that he has "basically announced Minecraft 2".Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube790kWatch on YouTube Persson hasn't been a part of Minecraft's developer Mojang since 2014. After feeling the pressure from intense media attention, he left the company after the acquisition by Microsoft was finalised, making Persson a boatload of money in the process. Since then, however, both Microsoft and Mojang have distanced themselves from Persson after he made a number of controversial comments on social media.Naturally, then, while this won't be an official sequel in any sense of the word, it's likely that Persson's project will share many similarities with Minecraft, though he is conscious not to "sneakily infringe on the incredible work the Mojang team is doing". "Meet the creaking""As a child, I yearned for the mines"What do you think of this? Is a Minecraft successor even needed at this point? Leave a comment down below and let us know your thoughts.[source x.com, via eurogamer.net]Related GamesSee AlsoShare:01 Nintendo Lifes resident horror fanatic, when hes not knee-deep in Resident Evil and Silent Hill lore, Ollie likes to dive into a good horror book while nursing a lovely cup of tea. He also enjoys long walks and listens to everything from TOOL to Chuck Berry. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...