Minecraft's next console update is coming on Friday, 4J Studios announced today. This ninth update to the game, creatively named Update 9, will land on the wildly successful Xbox 360 version.

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Minecraft has been hugely popular on the Xbox 360, thanks in part to a steady stream of updates that follow the PC version's lead. Title Update 9, said to be "coming soon," will create new end-game behaviors, alongside a ton of other additions and fixes.

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