Gamespot iconGamespotSep 26, 2026 ~1 min source read

Minecraft Is Getting Its First New Dimension In Over 15 Years

Announced today during Minecraft Live, Mojang is adding the first new dimension to the blocky sandbox game in more than a decade and a half. Dungeons 2, and it's now been confirmed that it's coming to the base game in 2027.

Minecraft Is Getting Its First New Dimension In Over 15 Years

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Announced today during Minecraft Live, Mojang is adding the first new dimension to the blocky sandbox game in more than a decade and a half.

Dungeons 2, and it's now been confirmed that it's coming to the base game in 2027.

Minecraft, marking the first new dimension since 2011's The End, where players go to fight the Ender Dragon in the end game.

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Announced today during Minecraft Live, Mojang is adding the first new dimension to the blocky sandbox game in more than a decade and a half. Dungeons 2, and it's now been confirmed that it's coming to the base game in 2027. Minecraft, marking the first new dimension since 2011's The End, where players go to fight the Ender Dragon in the end game.

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  • That it doesn't feel like the ones that already exist in the game," he confirmed.
  • Unlike the Nether and The End, where the environments feel immediately hostile thanks to dangerous environmental hazards and angry mobs, the developers wanted it to feel like somewhere players could...
  • it's this idea that it should be a place where you could see yourself living, a place that's a bit peaceful, sometimes maybe even serene," Olson explained.
  • "We already have two dimensions that clearly scream, 'I'm evil!'" That doesn't mean that The Sift will necessarily always be completely safe.

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"We wanted to make sure that it was different. "We thought of it more as a, kind of, different Overworld...

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