Minecraft developer Markus "Notch" Persson is doing extremely well for himself. His game isn't even finished yet, and he's already surpassed 100,000 sales. On his blog, he's given us an update on where the money is going and what the future will hold.
"A close friend and I will be starting up a new company together," he writes. "That company will continue to develop Minecraft. I will be the main developer, and I will keep working on it just as I have now, but there will be people supporting me, such as an artist, a web site developer and a business guy to help sort out all deals and make sure that things like the Creeper plushies actually happens."
Notch's unnamed friend will lead development on a game they've been thinking of creating for years. It'll be created alongside Minecraft, and "everyone working at the company will be involved in both projects to some degree."
There's nothing like a good living-the-dream story to start your day.
Hiring some people, getting an office, and all that! [World of Notch via Rock, Paper, Shotgun]
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12:40 PM on 09.09.2010 | 
Either way, as long as they keep making minecraft better, im all for it. I can online imagine the awesome game he will make next.
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If one guy can make that, imagine what a whole studio of TWO guys can do. This shit will be so cash you'll have to make it out as a cheque.
For the record. I respect what Minecraft is about and all, but it's the same reason I don't play Little Bigplanet as much as I used to. The creation is not simple enough at times, and the same reason I dislike Fallout 3; I need something to go "Here's a reason to do this." I need a character and a storyline etc. To at least get me involved. I never played the story of Oblivion out longer than about three missions, but it was enough to make me go into a whole world of excitement for hours upon hours. I hope their new title is a little more like a current-gen game, and has a story etc.
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I'm going playing Oblivion.