Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition

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Description

This version of Minecraft is adapted for a console environment on the Xbox 360 and PS3. Just like the original game it offers a sandbox-like world where players can build their own worlds with blocks of different materials. Although there are number of differences and missing features compared to the PC version, largely it is identical. Players are free to explore, build, craft, fight and can set their own goals in a creative mode with no restrictions or danger, or in survival mode where enemies can attack you and your creations.

Special to this edition is a tutorial mode. The crafting system has been simplified. Blocks do not have to be placed correctly in the crafting grid. Instead, it shows the blocks required to craft a selected item and then creates it if the needed blocks are available. Up to four players can join a game in local split-screen and this can be played as an 8-player multiplayer game. The difficulty level cannot be changed while inside a world, but only before starting it.

The Xbox 360 and PS3 version are largely identical in gameplay. The largest difference is in the selection of skin and texture packs as DLC. Some of these are only available for a specific platform.

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Alternate Titles

• "Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition" -- PlayStation 3 title

Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Alchemy
• Gameplay feature: Armour / weapon deterioration
• Gameplay feature: Blacksmithing
• Gameplay feature: Botany, farming, gardening
• Gameplay feature: Creature breeding / fusion
• Gameplay feature: Day / Night cycle
• Gameplay feature: Fishing
• Gameplay feature: Freely destructible terrain
• Gameplay feature: Horse riding
• Gameplay feature: Mining
• Gameplay feature: Optional permadeath / permanent death
• Gameplay feature: Survival cooking
• Games with randomly generated environments
• Genre: Wilderness Survival
• Minecraft series
• Visual technique / style: Voxel graphics

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Critic Reviews

Official Xbox Magazine (UK)	Xbox 360	May 07, 2012	10 out of 10	100
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Xbox 360	May 09, 2012	9 out of 10	90
The Controller Online	Xbox 360	May 07, 2012	9 out of 10	90
AusGamers	Xbox 360	May 08, 2012	8.5 out of 10	85
ZTGameDomain	Xbox 360	May 07, 2012	8.5 out of 10	85
Worth Playing	Xbox 360	May 10, 2012	8 out of 10	80
The Telegraph	Xbox 360	May 18, 2012		80
VentureBeat / Gamesbeat	Xbox 360	May 10, 2012	80 out of 100	80
Inside Gaming	Xbox 360	May 31, 2012	8 out of 10	80
Level 7	Xbox 360	May 10, 2012	7 out of 10	70

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Awards

• GameStar (Germany) / GamePro (Germany)
  • 2012 - #3 Best Adventure Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
  • 2012 - #10 Best Console Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)