Now you can be a Minecraft entrepreneur, not just a fan, as Mojang opens game up to customisation by developers
Unable to keep up with demand for new levels in the mega hit game, company behind it creates store where developers can sell their ‘mods’, and keep more than half what gamers pay for them
Microsoft subsidiary Mojang, the developer of the global phenomenon Minecraft, says it has what you might call a good problem: people want new Minecraft levels and items faster than it can build them.
So to close that gap, Mojang is launching the Minecraft Marketplace – a store where players can buy Minecraft customisation made by independent developers. It’s coming to Minecraft for smartphones and Windows 10 this spring, alongside the big “1.1 Discovery Update”.
Once the Marketplace launches, players will be able to buy virtual Minecraft Coins for real money. Those coins can be spent in the Minecraft Marketplace on new levels, characters, textures, and other ways to customise the game. These items will be optional, and Mojang will still support the game with free content, says Minecraft Realms executive producer John Thornton.
These are no mere surface-level customerisations. At launch, custom levels will include pirate adventures, a time travel trip to historic London, and a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Marketplace items will start at the equivalent of US$1.99, Thornton says, and the selection will be epic.