Xbox 360 Edition

Minecraft Xbox Edition is a version of Minecraft for Xbox 360 consoles, announced at the 2011 E3 conference by Notch and Microsoft.

Objective and Gameplay
The objective is similar to existing PC versions, where the player is allowed to build freely using blocks in a sandbox-like environment. The player will optionally be able to make use of Xbox Kinect functionality to assist in their gameplay.

Development
Notch has confirmed that he will be the game designer on the Xbox Edition, as well as the Pocket Edition, but will not be involved in programming these editions. Notch later announced the team developing the game will be 4J studios. Daniel Kaplan tweeted about receiving an early copy of Minecraft for Xbox on September 7th, 2011.

Release
It is due for release in Spring of 2012.

Other Consoles
On October 24th Notch announced that Xbox would be the sole console provider of Minecraft.

Trivia
4J Studios, the company responsible for the port to Xbox 360, was also responsible for several other video game ports, namely Oblivion for the PS3.