Minecraft - Release date?

[agnes]

Anyone know of a release date? Cannot for the life of me find it

 

[Mp4]

Release

[12] Daniel Kaplan on twitter[13] said it's Microsoft's decision on when it will be released, 4J studios have told Microsoft that the game is ready for release now Microsoft are waiting for a date that they are happy to release.

At the Game Developers Conference, it is said the Minecraft for XBLA is coming out on the 17th of March 2012, however this date may change if deemed necessary.

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/Product/Minecraft/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584111f7

 

[agnes]

YAYYYYY! So very soon then?

Since my PC has blown up, I have not touched PC gaming once, and I am starting to miss minecraft.

Let's hope it's as big on xbox as it is on PC

 

[Mp4]

yeah id say soon ish

don't think it will be that big on consoles though as their are more addons for pc
but i hope i'm wrong

 

[niroe]

Release date announcement will be today. Article about it on www.playxbla.com - which is a Microsoft game studios blog

Edit:

We'll be answering questions on http://t.co/WriElbu3 today, but in answer to your #1 question, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition ships May 9th!

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/PlayXBLA/status/182857929408528385

And it's 1600 MS points

 

[agnes]

1600??? No thanks...

 

[valkynaz]

1600??? No thanks...

Works out to be cheaper than the PC version so it isn't too bad.

 

[Nanostronghold]

Yeah it's coming as a part of the next arcade games promotion. I actually dont know if it's worth it. Is it gonna be kept patched and updated with the PC version?

 

[HTMLHugo]

wouldnt expect any free patches or updates.

Im dubious as to the support this will receive full stop.

im also wondering will there be persistant online worlds like the PC Version? ie : the linktart servers.

And also what if any option for texture packs etc if any.