Xbox 360 Edition



Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is the Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft developed by 4J Studios in conjunction with Mojang Studios and Microsoft Studios. It was announced at the 2011 E3 conference by Notch and Microsoft, and was released alongside a free trial version on May 9, 2012 on Xbox Live Arcade. It is priced at $19.99. Xbox 360 Edition is written in the C++ programming language.

As of TU74, Xbox 360 Edition has not received new feature updates, including Village & Pillage, Buzzy Bees, and the Nether Update that other editions of Minecraft received.

Although the Xbox 360 console has been discontinued with all the other Legacy Console Editions, Xbox 360 Edition continued to get feature updates until the release of Update Aquatic.

Retail disc
On June 4, 2013, Microsoft released the first retail disc of Xbox 360 Edition with a free gold membership. It cost US$19.99, the same price as the Xbox Arcade version. The game otherwise is identical to the downloadable version. Features such as buying or downloading on Xbox Live are the same for both versions and they both update at the same time. It was released in regions or countries supported by Xbox Live.

Release
The game was showcased as a playable demo at MINECON 2011 and was deemed a 'work in progress'. 4J Studios confirmed that it had all the features of Beta 1.6.6 when released, and will later be updated. IGN also filmed a video at MINECON showing that the graphics look very similar to.

Notch later announced the team developing the game would be 4J Studios. Daniel Kaplan tweeted about receiving an early copy of Xbox 360 Edition on September 7, 2011.

In October 2011, Microsoft said the release was planned for Spring 2012. On March 22, the official release date was posted by Larry Hryb, the Director of Programming for Xbox Live, as May 9, and a few days before the game release, HatFilms released for Xbox 360 Edition.

The game was officially released on May 9, 2012, and set a new sales records on the Xbox Live Arcade, selling more copies in the first twenty four hours of launch than previous titles.

The retail disc version was released on June 4, 2013, being exactly the same as the arcade version, with the exception of internet requirement to play.

Skin Packs
4J Studios has produced Skin Packs as downloadable content. Each Skin Pack includes ~45 skins to choose from. The first Skin Pack, Skin Pack 1, was released July 16, 2012 at a cost of US$1.99. The Skin Pack contains characters from Xbox 360 games, such as Master Chief from Halo. The Skin Pack also include various original designs created by 4J Studios. On Minecraft Xbox 360's birthday the player can download special skin packs for free. There are many more skin packs added. One is a Christmas Themed Skin Pack. There is also a Marvel Skin Pack, a Spider-Man Skin Pack and Animal Skin Packs. In total there are more than 10 skin packs.

Controls
In default settings, the controls are always displayed on the HUD.


 * Gameplay
 * - Jump (double tap to fly while in Creative)
 * - Drop item
 * - Open crafting menu in Survival mode or creative inventory in Creative
 * - Open inventory
 * - Place block/use item
 * - Mine/use block or item
 * / - Change the selected block
 * - Move
 * (Moved forward twice in rapid succession) - Sprint
 * - Change camera angle.
 * - Look
 * - Sneak/walk, descend while flying in Creative mode, dismount an entity


 * Interface (Crafting/Smelting/Brewing/Inventory)
 * - Pickup/Drop item
 * - Exit interface
 * - Take half of the highlited stack/show information about the selected block or item
 * - Move selected stack to Chest/Brewing stand, move between inventory and hotbar.
 * / - Move pointer/change selected item.

Marvel Skin Packs Bundle


The Minecraft Marvel Skin Packs Bundle was released on November 30, 2015, and contains all of the Marvel Skin Packs:


 * Marvel Avengers Skin Pack
 * Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy Skin Pack
 * Marvel Spider-Man Skin Pack

The bundle was meant to be a discount for the Marvel Skin Packs. On December 22, 2015, the bundle was removed from the Xbox Marketplace, thus being no longer available for the Xbox One and the Xbox 360. This bundle costed $6.99 and was available in the Xbox One and the Xbox 360. The Marvel Skin Packs from the bundle still transfer to Bedrock Edition, but they are not usable in online or LAN multiplayer.

Awards and unlockables

 * Steve Gamerpic - Mine redstone for the first time
 * Creeper Gamerpic - Kill 10 Creepers
 * Minecraft Exclusive (Wood) Theme - Share a picture on Facebook
 * A Minecraft Watch - Play through 100 day to night cycles
 * I Porkchop Minecraft T-shirt - Make a cooked porkchop
 * Creeper Cap - Kill a Creeper with arrows

Trivia

 * Xbox 360 Edition was added to the Xbox Arcade download section in November 2011, although it was only possible to download the . Nonetheless, the entry held very high ratings.
 * There are also Minecraft-themed Xbox Live avatar items available. Among these are Minecraft shirts, pets, items, props, head wear, dashboard themes, and gamer pics, all of which range from $1/£0.64 to $2.99/£1.92 in price.