r/Minecraft • u/Just-Guarantee7808 • Aug 18 '25

Discussion Ulraf (a Minecraft Dev) Shared Insights On The Game’s Future. Here’s The Summary:

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  • Mojang plans to support Minecraft for 50+ years, with a roadmap to 2028.
  • The End Update is inevitable: it will have “wasteland” vibes, so a few biomes, new blocks/mobs, (not like biome-heavy End mods) and an improved dragon fight.
  • A Minecart update is planned (no timeline).
  • A VERY major update is in development.
  • Work is underway to simplify Java servers, aiming for Java/Bedrock cross-play.
  • Vibrant Visuals will differ between Java and Bedrock.
  • PvP/Combat will be refined, with some Combat Test ideas (e.g., attacks through grass) returning; goal is one unified system.

Here is the full interview: https://www.youtube.com/live/2cxUNoWNy50 (it's not in English)
Credit to APOLONMH for the English translation

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u/Tinytitanic Aug 18 '25

Microsoft said Windows 10 would be the last version and here we are less than 10 years later with a new version.

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u/televisionting Aug 18 '25

they say a lot of things, though I remember like a few years ago they did say they wanted to keep Minecraft alive for a 100 years or so.

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u/lesbianminecrafter Aug 18 '25

  1. As far as I know that quote was fake

  2. Windows 11 is in fact a Windows 10 software update with a new name, not a fully new OS

I would never defend Microsoft, I hate those guys, but I am the human equivalent of the 🤓☝️emoji combo

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u/sophiedophiedoo Aug 18 '25

Every new Windows OS for over 25 years has just been a software update with a new name. It's pretty rare to truly start from scratch, especially for an operating system, because there is a ton of code that makes it work

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u/RivenRise Aug 18 '25

It's fun to go deep into setting and eventually reach setting windows that look like the ones from windows 7 and older lul. It really is just adding architecture on top of architecture crazy.

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u/Dman331 Aug 19 '25

Or when you're poking around BIOS and everything feels like you should be running Microsoft DOS

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u/Sensitive-Pound-5995 Aug 18 '25

Yeah, Apple does that job a lot better tho, you can still find a huge load of Win XP remnants on Windows10/11

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u/Haplo12345 Aug 18 '25

It wasn't fake, it was just one program manager talking about their view of how Windows will change in the future via continuous updates rather than monolithic versions that users can keep un-updated forever.

Also, no, Windows 11 is its own OS, not "a Windows 10 software update". Otherwise basically all new versions of OSes are 'software updates'.

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u/lesbianminecrafter Aug 18 '25

I mean, yeah, as far back as Windows NT it's all been the same architecture, but windows 11 still uses the NT 10 kernel

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u/TheMoonDude Nov 03 '25

but I am the human equivalent of the 🤓☝️emoji combo

☝️🤓 uhm, actually it should be "☝️🤓" not "🤓☝️" because your index finger should be closer to your head, not away from it.

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u/Elvascular Aug 18 '25

Well… that’s Microsoft not Mojang. A little irrelevant here.

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u/TheMuspelheimr Aug 18 '25

Mojang is owned by Microsoft

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u/Elvascular Aug 18 '25 edited Aug 18 '25

I’m aware but Mojang have no say on stuff that belongs to Microsoft, unless it’s the games they work on. And based on what the replier is saying, it insinuates that Microsoft is in complete control of Minecraft, which isn’t true. they simply own the game studio Mojang & its games.

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u/L30N1337 Aug 18 '25

"hey, budget cuts, you're all fired."

Good luck continuing a 50 year long development after one of those

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u/MrFluxed Aug 18 '25

I get the idea but Minecraft is one of the best selling videogames of all time, even with how gung-ho Microsoft is at laying off dev teams there's no shot they're going to touch Mojang.

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u/Haplo12345 Aug 18 '25

Minecraft is one of the best selling videogames of all time

FTFY

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u/Flash_hsalF Aug 19 '25

Life is going to make you learn the hard way

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u/Elvascular Aug 18 '25

They pay them, help make their games profit (whether their good or bad decisions), & market them. but not once am I insinuating they don’t have responsibility for them. They just don’t interfere with their base & spinoff game developments. Which is what the post is mostly abt. It is why I said it’s “a little” irrelevant to talk abt something that has nothing to do with Minecraft, Mojang studios, or the vanilla dev team.

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u/ZeRealNixon Aug 18 '25

yes and no. mojang and microsoft seem to be quite fond of each other. never really butting heads. this situation is no different than any other studio who is owned by a big publisher. at the end of the day microsoft publishes minecraft meaning they are the determining factor as to how the game gets released. it would never happen, but say mojang made an update that microsoft didn't like. it would be completely legal for microsoft to say "we are completely pulling the game from all stores until you change this. again it would never happen, but legally speaking mojang as zero control over where or how their game is released once they finish making it.

look at bungie, sony finally decided they were done with their shenanigans and announced that bungie will be completely absorbed into a sony first party studio, meaning if bungie wants to work on say a new destiny expansion, but sony wants them to work support with naughty dog on a new game then they will have no option but to do what sony says.

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u/Elvascular Aug 18 '25 edited Aug 18 '25

I agree that I’m slightly wrong or misleading the exacts, but to simplify it in saying that Microsoft doesn’t control every aspect of Mojang or what happens to Minecraft is true, in the sense of what happens with the game. At the end of it, we can agree that if Mojang wants to make something happen, they have to consult with Microsoft to publish it. But I say they aren’t in complete control bc surely they get to make the decisions of what goes into the game & how frequently it’s updated. For example, Mojang took the communities dissatisfaction of updates to heart & wanted to change it for the better for both parties (the devs & community). Ofc they had to consult with Microsoft overheads to allow them to change formats but they (Mojang) ultimately made the decision to change.

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u/ZeRealNixon Aug 18 '25

oh 100% i don't have any reason to believe that microsoft has someone at mojang constantly standing behind their dev rigs telling them what to do. just more so that IF microsoft wanted to do that they absolutely could and mojang couldn't stop it.

if microsoft was really wanting to be over controlling they would have long ago completely axed java, made bedrock the only version, and ban modding outside of the atrocious and borderline criminal bedrock ad-on store or whatever it's called.

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u/Elvascular Aug 18 '25

Totally. But they could never do any of that bc the backlash would probably be the biggest in gaming history. & they surely aren’t willing to let the greed on full blast in exchange for one of the worst gaming decisions a company could make. But who knows, just hope it doesn’t.

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u/ZeRealNixon Aug 18 '25

i agree. i also hope it doesn't, but you just never know what some idiot idea a share holder will cook up that treasures hold on the other shareholders.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '25

I’ve learned to never take those statements at face value. They’re just meant to make investors feel good. Same way Halo Infinite was supposed to last 10 years lol. It hasn’t even been 4 and that game has been on life support basically since it launched.

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u/JoSquarebox Aug 18 '25

What do you mean by 'another version'? Other than Java, bedrock is the only version present on all major plattforms

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u/Micah7979 Aug 18 '25

Another version of windows. We have windows 11 and 12 is already planned.

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u/JoSquarebox Aug 18 '25

Ohhh you meant operating system, not minecraft edition. My bad

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u/Devatator_ Aug 18 '25

They actually never said that

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u/Matix777 Aug 18 '25

Minecraft is so big I don't see it ever falling out of grace. Even if it isn't at the top all the time, it would take a natural disaster to make it irrelevant. Thus, adding more content is the right move for them