Mojang Announces New Minecraft Title, Minecraft: Dungeons

At Minecon today, Mojang, creators of one of the most popular video game titles in the world, Minecraft, have revealed a new role-playing game set in the same universe, titled Minecraft: Dungeons.

Due for release on PC next year, Minecraft: Dungeons is being made by a small development team from Mojang’s home base in Sweden and will be an overhead-view dungeon crawler populated by familiar monsters and figures from the Minecraft world.

Players will be able to take on the game alone, or in a team of up to four players as they “battle together through action-packed, treasure-stuffed, wildly varied levels, all in an epic quest to save the villagers and take down the evil Arch-Illager!”

Other news from Minecon include an upcoming “Village and Pillage” update, scheduled for next year, which will introduce new villagers to the game, such as butchers, librarians, cartographers, and more. It will also add more hostile enemies, such as Barbarians, who will launch attacks upon villages in the game.

New modding tools were also revealed, including ways to control mob spawning events, new animations, and the ability to create expanded mobs and worlds.

Minecraft: Dungeons does not yet have a release date other than simply “2019”, however this new title from the original developers is sure to have fans waiting anxiously for any news that comes forth. For more information on the game, and Minecon news, check out the official website, here.