'Facebook creeps me out,' Notch cancels Minecraft on Oculus Rift

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Those eager to cobble together monumental structures in virtual reality will be sad to hear that Minecraft is no longer being developed for the Oculus Rift officially.

In August we reported on a series of tweets from Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson in which the developer stated that he was "VERY excited" by the potential of the Oculus Rift headset. Now that Facebook has acquired Oculus Rift, Persson is singing a different, decidedly unhappy tune. "We were in talks about maybe bringing a version of Minecraft to Oculus," Persson tweeted. "I just cancelled that deal. Facebook creeps me out."

We've reached out to Persson for more information on why exactly the social networking giant creeps him out. We will update this post with anything we hear back. In the meantime, those especially hard up for some blocky virtual world building may want to take a look at Minecrift, a Minecraft modification that adds Oculus Rift support to the existing version of Mojang's indie hit.



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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/25/facebook-creeps-me-out-notch-cancels-minecraft-on-oculus-rift/

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Evo8Posted:

Wasn't really excited for this and now I don't care at all.

DRPZPosted:

VIT they should be working on a whole new project, it's about time moJang should be making a new game.


Mojang's games may not be as good as minecraft though.

TravitorPosted:

they should be working on a whole new project, it's about time moJang should be making a new game.

OasisPosted:

Well said. Facebook needs to back off anyway, something else will come along and replace it anyway soon enough.

JawaPosted:

Facebook will seriously ruin this, why do they have to buy absolutely everything?

-CPPosted:

Notch, I love you so much. Facebook will ruin Oculus.

M4CPosted:

M4C And here is why thetechgame.com/mpoC6u


Here: http://i.gyazo.com/fe7ecdf20e3190c8cf2c6899c3e8d16b.png

Damn TTG blocking my links.

M4CPosted:

And here is why thetechgame.org/mpoC6u

MaggardoPosted:

Ahhh this sucks. But I guess Notch has his reasons! Oh well.