Minecraft Might Be Getting An RTS Spinoff

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Mojang is allegedly developing a real-time strategy spin-off of Minecraft, according to Giant Bomb co-founder Jeff Gerstmann.



Gerstmann, a former member of the site for 14 years, took to Twitch recently to discuss his future post Giant Bomb, and all things videogames. ResetEra shares Gerstmann's overview of the project and his impressions so far about an hour into the stream. "There's an upcoming Minecraft spin-off," he said. "Microsoft appears be testing it and putting it out under codenames and all the basic stuff." He also stated that he had seen screenshots of it, and added that "it seems like a real-time strategic game, an RTS of sorts."



The unnamed spinoff will allow players to control a "Steve-esque" unit, which allows them to command units from a third-person perspective and take down enemy factions such as Piglins. Gerstmann said that there will be some story and cutscenes but that they are still in the early stages. Kirn



Gerstmann wasn’t sure if the Xbox showcase will feature it. Games "It's not too far away that Microsoft might announce it sometime in the next couple of weeks," he stated. "But who the hell knows? I don't know what their plans are for it, I just kind of saw the screens and got a rough breakdown of what it looked like."



It's not unreasonable to assume Mojang is trying to slot Minecraft into different genres. Mojang's spin-off Minecraft Dungeons was quite successful, scoring Rachel Watts a very respectable 75 in her review. That game's co-developer, Double Eleven, has been recruiting for an RTS game of a "major IP" too, further increasing the likelihood of the game's existence. We recommend that you take rumours seriously until we hear official announcements.



Technically, this isn’t the first Minecraft RTS. Brendan Sullivan designed a stunning prototype for Mojang's art test back in 2019. He got the job, which is no surprise when you look at how neat the entire thing is. If a Minecraft RTS was like this, I wouldn’t be mad.