Minecraft dev anticipates similar games from big company

Mojang lead dev "looking forward to" big-budget Minecraft-alikes

By Mike Jackson for computerandvideogames.com

Mojang's lead developer Jens Bergensten has said he is "looking forward to" big companies making games similar to the fairly unique brick-building adventure, Minecraft.

In a chat with Gamasutra, Bergensten pondered the possibly that Minecraft could have come from a big-budget developer: "No, it would probably be a very different game if at a large company," he said.

"But I'm kind of looking forward to bigger companies taking on the same kind of genre, if you should call it that. Because I think it could make quite cool games, you know, the sandbox environment," he added.

Even if a major studio did decide to challenge Minecraft head-on, Bergensten says Mojang's maintains an advantage in its indie-style community-led approach to development.

"One thing that I like about Mojang is that we're allowed to communicate directly to everybody. We don't really have much secrets," he said.

[ Source: Gamasutra ]

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AJDarkstar on 29 Jan '12 said:

Kinda like MySims? Oh wait, that came first...
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racxie on 29 Jan '12 said:

Closest thing I can think of is Little Big Planet because of the massive focus on user built content, though it's not as so much open world. Wonder if that's the direction Media Molecule will take next?
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Imaduck on 29 Jan '12 said:

Oh please don't let Bethesda try to make a game like that It'd be broken on ..... different planes of existance . The bugs would manifest physically and infest your home.
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TheLastDodo on 29 Jan '12 said:

I've got a hunch Minecraft is coming to PS3.