
Friday, March 23rd - mark it on your calendars. Up until now, there has only been speculation and rumor on the release date of the sandbox indie console port, but soon - very soon - we will know exactly when we can play Minecraft on the XBOX! That's right, on March 23rd, the official release date for "Minecraft: XBOX 360 Edition" will be announced! Yes, the game even has its official name now, as they ramp up for the game's impending launch. MCX360 - quite an acronym! Don't forget, you can also get Minecraft goodies for your avatar before the game launches - show the world your love for Minecraft! Make them jealous of your Notch hat!
We have looked at some of the upcoming features of the XBLA release in the past, such as customizable textures and skins, a rather innovative approach to multiplayer support, and other great features. What will the future hold for the console port? While the PC version is miles ahead of it's console sibling, it very well may be the standard by which the sandbox port is measured.
It wasn't long ago that we saw mention of an undiscovered secret in the PC version of Minecraft; what may surprise some players is that the long-dormant secret was not a hidden recipe, item or anything to be found in-game. Quite the contrary - approximately every ten-thousandth launch of your game, the game title may read "Minceraft" instead of "Minecraft". It's such a subtle typo, and one that's apparently gone overlooked for years. "Minceraft" has been something of an underground running joke for a long time, so in some ways, it's not surprising to see it slipped into the game as a silent nod to the community - or at least, a typo made by them.
Of course, this means that I've been obsessively watching for it ever since.
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This week, the Dead Worker's Party check out the adventure map "Gloria" - what misadventures await the intrepid group on this shipwreck-themed map? Will they ever get the burning smell of fish out of their clothing? Watch and find out!
Curse PAX East Party - Join Us!
In a few weeks in Boston, we'll be throwing an awesome party for all of you Curse fans and community members who happen to be in the area for PAX East! If you want to come, just RSVP (details can be found here), and that's all there is to it. We look forward to seeing you!
The Xbox version is being programmed in a variation of the C programming language. That has nothing to do with the game being different. The code is different, but the game will play the exact same way, period. I don't like mods and never will so I could careless that the Xbox version doesn't have them. I am fully satisfied with vanilla Minecraft. And how would it take a lot of time until both versions are equal? Give it maybe 3 months and the Xbox version will be caught up to the PC version. And I could also careless that it's only 8 players online. I do not enjoy playing with massive groups of people I don't know. I prefer playing with my close group of friends.
None of what you said has anything to do with the game being different. It's exactly the same game.
Max 8 with the built in server, sure, that's due to hardware limitations. I'm talking a server running on a PC (either Windows or Mac, doesn't matter) would potentially be able to handle more players if they wrote it such.
As far as the programming language, I believe it was stated a while back that it's in C# using XNA (as most XBLA games are)
The reveal of minceraft should have gotten its own post, rather than Simply being text at the bottom.
Minecraft for XBOX360
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Minecraft for XBOX360
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...Too bad i don't own an XBOX. (PS3 ftw) I may get one in the future. This sounds great though.
I just hope that they will improve the PC version more than the XBOX one so that people without an XBOX can still feel "special".