Mojang is developing a new game based on the Minecraft universe.
Titled Minecraft: Dungeons, this new project is a dungeon crawler set in the Minecraft universe. It will allow up to four players to venture into dungeons in order to acquire new weapons, defeat hordes of dungeon dwelling enemies, and (presumably) try to escape at some point. According to the description of this game provided via the Minecraft website, it’s a real passion project that the developers are excited to work on.
“As a game developer, when you’re carefully crafting something like Minecraft Dungeons, you’re pouring your heart and soul into something you’re really proud of… which you can’t tell a living soul about,” says Mojang’s Tom Stone. “In other words, these poor devs have been sworn to ABSOLUTE SECRECY for a long, long, time. But now they can finally spill the beans!”
While the developers can apparently spill the beans, that doesn’t mean that they actually are. All we really know about Minecraft: Dungeons at this point is the game’s basic premise and the promise that it’s going to be released sometime in 2019 for the PC (there are currently no other release platforms listed at this time). Beyond that, there’s quite a bit about this project that we don’t know.
However, based on the game’s trailer, we can assume that Minecraft: Dungeons is going to resemble Minecraft in terms of the game’s visuals and its general sense of style. We would also assume that it’s not going to feature a radically overhauled combat system, but it’s possible that Dungeons will alter Minecraft‘s combat and basic gameplay slightly just to support what seems to be more of an action-fuelled adventure.
We fully expect to hear much more about this game ahead of its release.
Matthew Byrd is a staff writer for Den of Geek. He spends most of his days trying to pitch deep-dive analytical pieces about Killer Klowns From Outer Space to an increasingly perturbed series of editors. You can read more of his work here or find him on Twitter at @SilverTuna014.