Minecraft studio Mojang is rebranding and working on ideas for a new game.

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Minecraft studio Mojang is rebranding and working on ideas for a new game.

Minecraft studio Mojang has changed its brand name, a simple change that reflects the size of the studio in 2020, which now has multiple branches in Sweden, the US, Japan, Canada and the UK.

The announcement was made earlier today and you can see the new logo in the gif below. More importantly (at least to us), Mojang is really "playing around with the idea of a whole new game," and while Minecraft is clearly an ongoing concern and the release of Minecraft Dungeons is imminent, it's not clear whether the studio It will be interesting to see if they have something other than Minecraft in the works; before being acquired by Microsoft, the studio shipped games like Caller's Bane (RIP Scrolls) and Crown and Council.

There is also an emphasis on the small characters that make up the logo. These are called "Mojangs," and although no clear announcement has been made, it sounds like they will be a big part of what Mojang is planning. Perhaps they will be LEGO-style physical toys compatible with Microsoft's AR concerns" Pure speculation, of course, but they make a big deal of it in the following trailer:

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