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Notch Steps Down as Minecraft Lead

Posted on Friday, December 2 @ 08:45:24 Eastern by


As reported on his tumblr blog, Notch will officially be stepping down as lead developer of Minecraft. His awesome partner in crime, Jens Bergensten, will be taking his place:

We’ve been working together on Minecraft for a year now, and I’m amazed at how much in synch we two are when it comes to how to design the game. And when we don’t agree, we discuss it and something much better comes out at a result. He’s truly a great person to work with, and I feel very confident handing over the leadership of Minecraft to him.

...Personally, I will now rest for a while, then get back to work refreshed and eager. I’ll be helping out with Minecraft, of course, but also starting work on some new project.

This isn't particularly surprising. Jens, otherwise known "Jeb", has been in charge of the game for a while now, some say a few months and others say a year. I think Notch deserves a rest anyway, what with the ridiculous lawsuit between Bethesda and Mojang over the world "Scrolls" and, well, his work on Scrolls itself.
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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Dec 2nd, 2011 at 11:40 am
    Why do I get the feeling that nothing Notch does will ever be as big as Minecraft?
  • NickKmet
    NickKmet

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Dec 2nd, 2011 at 11:47 am
    Probably. It's hard to top what Minecraft has achieved as an indie title both in scope and popularity.
  • SweetHat
    SweetHat

    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Dec 2nd, 2011 at 8:44 pm
    you never know this guy might be the steve jobs of gameing
  • Rinnon
    Rinnon

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Dec 3rd, 2011 at 8:26 pm
    How about because very few things period are as big as Minecraft? There are apparently 16 million Minecraft accounts. 16 million! There are triple A titles from big name publishers that would be happy to hit those numbers.

    So yeah, even if Notch can't ever make something as big as Minecraft, if he could make something even an 8th as big, it'd still be huge.

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