Minecraft coming to Xbox 360 with Kinect support

Indie mega-hit Minecraft is coming to Xbox 360 this winter, complete with Kinect support.

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Mojang's indie mega-hit Minecraft is getting a console release this winter, more specifically on Xbox 360 with Kinect support, Microsoft has revealed at its E3 2011 press conference.

"I'm thrilled to announce that Minecraft is making its console debut this winter exclusively on Xbox 360 and Kinect," said Phil Spencer of Microsoft Game Studios. And that's about all we know for now.

The press conference is still ongoing so we'll update with more information as it becomes available.

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    June 6, 2011 10:33 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Minecraft coming to Xbox 360 with Kinect support.

    Indie mega-hit Minecraft is coming to Xbox 360 this winter, complete with Kinect support.

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      June 6, 2011 10:36 AM

      ....what?

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      June 6, 2011 10:37 AM

      how the he..?

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      June 6, 2011 10:39 AM

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      June 6, 2011 10:40 AM

      Maybe with a complete engine overhaul.

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      June 6, 2011 10:47 AM

      Haha I've got $5 that says this won't happen by winter.

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        June 6, 2011 10:48 AM

        It'll happen by winter.

        It will ship as a beta, though, and won't be "complete" complete for 2.5 years after release.

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          June 6, 2011 10:53 AM

          You'll be able to move around in the game, but the moment you punch or mine, the 360 red rings due to the sky changing colors for no reason.

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      June 6, 2011 10:51 AM

      oh my

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      June 6, 2011 10:54 AM

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        June 6, 2011 10:55 AM

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        June 6, 2011 10:59 AM

        Yeah, unless he gives someone else access to the source code to do the port to XNA or the like I don't see this happening by the end of the year.

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          June 6, 2011 11:35 AM

          I'm under the assumption that one of his guys has already been working on a port for a while.

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        June 6, 2011 11:24 AM

        It'll no doubt be recoded from scratch in XNA. I'm guessing he has some guys at Mojang working on it. It would be great if they used that code to convert the PC version to XNA as well, but more likely it will just remain an offshoot with features frozen at launch.

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      June 6, 2011 10:57 AM

      JUST LIKE REAL MINING.

      Mine all day!
      Get tired as fuck!
      Come home drink beers and beat your wife!
      Kill yourself after days of repetitious work!

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      June 6, 2011 11:03 AM

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      June 6, 2011 11:20 AM

      *record scratch*

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      June 6, 2011 11:20 AM

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      June 6, 2011 11:40 AM

      I just hope this isn't Kinect only.

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        June 6, 2011 11:54 AM

        Exactly, and it'll have no mods and a massive save file, I'll miss mo'creatures and my texture packs.. Ummm maybe I won't get it, let's atleast see what the full pc release turns out to be on November 11th, or just forget Minecraft and play Skyrim.

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          June 6, 2011 12:16 PM

          The no mods/textures thing is a huge negative, with all the amazing mods and texture packs out there not having them is a huge deal breaker for me.

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      June 6, 2011 11:52 AM

      did not see that coming...

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      June 6, 2011 11:58 AM

      what exactly do you do in minecraft besides build stuff?

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        June 6, 2011 12:00 PM

        dig holes, peek around corners in fear of what might be there, shit yourself when a ceeper comes up behind you and explodes

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        June 6, 2011 12:17 PM

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        June 6, 2011 12:18 PM

        You colonize.

        The core of the game is that:
        a) the resources you use to build are limited. Some are renewable, others aren't, some need to be mined with special equipment, and some require digging pretty deep into the ground to find.

        b) monsters spawn in the dark, so if you don't have some kind of safe, well lit shelter, you're gonna be in a world of trouble when the sun goes down. You can fight, if it comes down to it, but you're generally better off holing off somewhere safe if the option is available, especially when dealing with creepers.

        c) aside from simple rule of cool, most of the things you can build serve some kind of practical function in order to aid in points a and b. You can build a base, complete with traps, dig out a network of secret tunnels, craft weapons and armour then hunt monsters for materials that only they drop, built multiple safe camps, add a minecart-based transit system to move between them, farm trees for raw materials, farm wheat for health restoring bread... ect.

        d) or you can set the game to peaceful, wherein monsters won't spawn and your health will regenerate automatically, and you can just build stuff, which is also fun in it's own way, albeit with a lot less purpose.

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          June 6, 2011 12:33 PM

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            June 6, 2011 12:43 PM

            Yeah, they are... so I guess calling resources "limited" is a little disingenuous, though some things are still quite a bit less abundant than others, and will require more expansion to replenish if not managed carefully.

            Though I suppose even that is less of a problem now that you can use beds to reset your spawn point.

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              June 6, 2011 1:32 PM

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                June 6, 2011 1:50 PM

                I agree, that would be cool. Kinda like on Indev, which was already obsolete by the time I learned about MC.

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              June 6, 2011 1:36 PM

              they are not infinite but for all intents and purposes they are close enough. also I think what you meant was some resources are renewable (wood, wheat etc) and some are not. you could sustain yourself with one sappling in theory but once you have mined all the coal in an area you need to move on to find more.

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                June 6, 2011 3:36 PM

                or just use charcoal which I believe is renewable

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          June 6, 2011 1:54 PM

          so it's like warcraft and everquest combined

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            June 6, 2011 2:52 PM

            With a little touch of Dwarf Fortress on the side.

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      June 6, 2011 1:49 PM

      All I see is mining being like the fans at a Florida State game doing the arm movement over and over and over and over and over and over.

      Ohhhh oh ohhhh... ohhhhhh oh ohhhhhh....

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      June 6, 2011 4:22 PM

      Per Notch Here: http://www.minecraftforum.net/ - its being handled by a seperate team at Mojang.

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