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Minecraft’s Retail Release on Xbox 360 Delayed

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Back in March, we reported that Minecraft on Xbox 360 would get a retail release. Originally a digital-only title available via XBLA, in May of 2012, the retail iteration was set for release on April 30th.

But Microsoft’s Larry Hyrb — aka Major Nelson — has revealed that the game has been delayed until June 4th. “In order to include the very latest content,” he Tweeted, “the retail version for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has been delayed until June 4 (US)

” Other territories were scheduled to already get it in June; this presumably doesn’t change things for those areas of the world.

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From: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/04/12/minecrafts-retail-release-on-xbox-360-delayed

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Minecraft Xbox 360 Sales Pass 6 Million

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More than six million people have purchased Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. The news comes via the Twitter account of developer 4J studios, which also showed off some of the changes coming in the game’s next title update.

According to Minecraft’s stats page, the PC version of Minecraft is currently at 9.9 million. Considering we heard in December that Minecraft pocket edition has sold five million copies on iOS and Android, sales of the franchise are currently at nearly 21 million across all platforms.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

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Minecraft Xbox 360 Title Update 8 Changes Detailed

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4J Studios has provided details on the next big title update for Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition. As detailed on the Minecraft forums, title update 8 offers several fixes and performance improvements, including preventing crashes, changing menu text and more.

On Twitter, 4J said it’s hoping the update will be released this month, “but we need to wait and see how it does in Cert Testing.”

A full list of changes in the update is available on our Minecraft wiki.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

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Black Ops 2: 2012's Most Played Game on Xbox Live

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Xbox Live’s Larry Hryb (Major Nelson) has released the annual list of the twenty most played Xbox games for 2012. Hryb released separate lists for Xbox 360 Live games and Xbox Live Arcade.

The lists for Xbox 360 Live titles were calculated based on the average Unique Users per day between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012, while the top Arcade list was based on full versions purchased in the same time period.

Top Xbox 360 Live Titles

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops II
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  • Halo 4
  • Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition

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    Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Video Games

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    Next Minecraft Xbox 360 Update Detailed

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    The next update for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has been revealed. As detailed on PlayXBLA, Update 7 will offer many of the features of Minecraft PC’s update 1.0.1, but will lack “The End,” which is set to come in Update 8.
    Update 7 will add the following to Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition:

    Animal breeding
    Potion brewing
    Experience points
    Enchantment table
    Mushroom Biome
    Nether Fortress
    New tutorial world
    Villagers
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    Source: IGN Video Games