Minecraft maker shelves 0x10c video game

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Developer Markus "Notch" Persson, who created the hit online video game Minecraft, says he has shelved plans for a follow-up.

The new project was provisionally titled 0x10c. It was to be a space-themed game, set in the distant future.

Mojang, the company behind Minecraft, recorded £57m profit in 2012 and had promoted 0x10c during its development.

Mr Persson blamed both the high levels of interest in 0x10c and code copiers for his decision to stop working on it.

"I was streaming code and someone copied all the code and made their own version of it," he said of the new game during a live web stream.

"That was kind of the start of the decline of 0x10c. I realised the community was more powerful than I had the energy for."

There had been a great deal of interest in the game, which was to feature an in-game computer which could be programmed and even infected with viruses by players - not least because of the success of Minecraft.

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Just wondering if any of you were looking forward to playing this game?

 

[Evil Eye]

It sounded vaguely interesting
Didn't really look at it.