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Minecraft For Xbox 360 To Have Frequent Updates... Hopefully

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by Kyle Hilliard on January 21, 2012 at 12:31 PM

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In an interview with Edge Paddy Burns, chief technology officer at 4J Studios, says that Microsoft is aware of the need for more frequent updates for Minecraft.

4J Studios is the developer behind the the translation of Minecraft from PC to Xbox 360 and it is hopeful that Microsoft will work with it to allow updates to Minecraft approximately every two months.

Rolling out updates for the Xbox 360 is a long process, and one that has received complaints from other developers. Ultimately, the process is arduous to assure quality, but if 4J Studios can get Microsoft to streamline the process, I'm sure many other developers would be happy. On the other side though, if Microsoft gives Minecraft special treatment that it doesn't afford other developers, then that could be a problem.

Pending any unforeseen delays, we should be seeing Minecraft for Xbox 360 in late winter or early spring of this year.

[via Edge]

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Filed under: News, Microsoft, XBLA, minecraft, notch, mojang, persson

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by John Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 12:40 PM

Hopefully they'll have a better track record of regular updates than Notch.
by Ujinty Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 12:41 PM

Oh wow, I didn't realize it was so close to release.
by With One Last Breath Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 12:51 PM

Meh.....
by ThisBlueSquid Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 12:59 PM

Hopefully they don't take out what made the original title so great. I'm worried they'll try to make the title more "mainstream accessible"
by Boyzby Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 01:03 PM

I think that's a pretty big "hopefully". I guess we'll have to see how it works out soon enough.
by reidloS doG Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 01:07 PM

I might not know what i'm talking about, but don't Indie Game on XBL get quick updates if the community really rally's together for it? Fortresscraft got a pretty quick update after it's release. Just wondering if arcade games have a slower update time than indie games for XBL.
by Ed is a troll Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 01:13 PM

Does anyone know how this will be intergrated with kinect?? Xoxoxo.....xo
by BATTLESUIT Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 01:31 PM

Quality? I ran into a problem with RAAM's Shadow DLC specifically because I have the season pass. I contacted MS about the matter and was absolutely ignored. F**k you, Microsoft.
by GameExchangeShop Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 01:38 PM

I'm going to have to check this game out on the 360...still have never played it
by shizno897 Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 01:53 PM

How much is it supposed to cost?
by Icarus Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 03:39 PM

I've only played on pc and I don't have a Xbox so does it play better on 360 or pc?
by tt0357 Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 03:49 PM

Im so going to get it
by HUSHEA Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 03:58 PM

Hopefully they figure out a good way to set up the updates. I plan on buying this when it's released on the Xbox 360, so long as it's an arcade game.
by The Second Musketeer Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 05:01 PM

I hope it doesn't get delayed. I really want this
by walebluber Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 05:13 PM

it will still be nowhere near as awesome as the PC version. :P
by SeamusTheBrony Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 05:52 PM

Even though I already have Minecraft for PC, I'll still get it for Xbox.
by Gamer740 Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 08:39 PM

Coal
by Jessica and Jessica Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 08:53 PM

the pc version will always dominate though cause you can bring it everywhere
by john kellogg Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 08:58 PM

If you bought minecraft off of the mincraft.net site will you still have to pay for the xbox version? I understand if I have to but it would suck to lose like another 10$ (or so), for something i already bought
by Abertix24 Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 09:01 PM

Actually I don't think it's a more of a process to sure the game works, it's more that Microsoft have to make sure that the patches don't mess up the console in any way. MS could care less about the game.

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