Although the name was rather meant as an April Fool's Joke, the game itself is real: Minecraft creator Notch goes into space with Mars Effect which looks like it's going to be a space-sim in the style of Elite.
Minecraft and Elite - I'm excited!
I should probably mention that the name will be 0x10c, by the way.
Here's an article about it.
Mars Effect
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