Minecraft 2 Not Happening Anytime Soon

There won't be Minecraft 2 in the foreseeable future.

Mojang has revealed that it has not discussed the possibility of creating a sequel to Minecraft.

Speaking to IGN at Gamescom 2015, Jonas Martensson explained that while he was wary of suggesting there would never be a follow-up to the game, it certainly isn't something Mojang is thinking about at the moment, with the team believing Minecraft will still be around in 10 years.

"First of all, there's been no discussions about Minecraft 2 at the moment," he said. "I can't promise forever there'll never be a Minecraft 2, but for the foreseeable future there won't be.

"I think we've always been listening to the players and one big step has been to bring the game to all platforms and letting people play together. We also want to make sure the creativity of the community is still there, so we can allow and empower all our users to create plugins or mods, then I think then the community will take the game where it's going to be in five years."

"There was never, even within Microsoft, a conversation about a Minecraft 2 just because it's never how the game has been developed and even in the philosophy that the company has taken with Windows 10 where this is something that gets updated often," echoed Microsoft Games Studios general manager Matt Booty. "The way to think about it is more to do with continual updates and a continual process."