E3: Minecraft Coming to Xbox 360 With Kinect

[John Funk]

E3: Minecraft Coming to Xbox 360 With Kinect

Now you can actually punch trees to gather wood!

Despite the presence of an imitator [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/107980-XBL-Indie-Dev-Clones-Minecraft-With-FortressCraft] or two, indie hit game Minecraft has remained where it started - on the PC. At Microsoft's E3 2011 press conference, though, the Xbox 360 maker announced that Mojang's building-block phenomenon would be coming to consoles exclusively for Xbox.

Minecraft would also support Kinect's motion-control system, said Microsoft. Presumably gamers will be able to use gestures to get a workout digging holes into the earth, building homes and palaces, and running the hell away from Creepers before they blow up.

We've already seen Kinect Minecraft [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/106836-Kinect-Hack-Turns-Minecraft-Players-Into-Giant-Monuments], so it really shouldn't be surprising to see it happen the other way around, either.

Of course, Sony isn't totally screwed by the Minecraft devotees - the indie smash hit will be making its smartphone debut on Sony's Xperia Play [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/110349-Mobile-Minecraft-Coming-to-Xperia-Play-First].

Read our E3 2011 Microsoft liveblog here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/110673-Microsoft-E3-2011-Press-Conference].

See all our coverage directly from the show floor. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/conferences/e3_2011]

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[VincentX3]

I can see the war coming already...

I'm still sticking to PC obviously, dought the 360 will get any mods.

 

[Hisshiss]

Well look at that, guess I get to play minecraft now . My computer refuses to run the damn thing.

Atleast I think I do, its straight xbox, with kinect support right? I havn't gotten around to buying one yet xD..

 

[therandombear]

How will Microsoft handle MC updates then?

Still no free updates so people have to pay for MC updates?

 

[vrbtny]

Untill the LSD mod is on the Xbox or Xperia, I ain't moving....

 

[EHKOS]

I see many torn rotator cuffs.

 

[Baldr]

I'll only play on the 360 if I don't have to pay for the game again.

 

[Aeshi]

Sounds good up until you have to do some mining...

 

[Aeshi]

EDIT: Double Post because captcha told me I was wrong when I apparently wasn't

 

[imnot]

Well, Fortress craft is fucked thats for sure.
*EVil grin*

 

[therandombear]

How will Microsoft handle MC updates then?

Still no free updates so people have to pay for MC updates?

You can update games for free on xbox, just look at Burnout Paradise

Developers have to either charge money for their updates or they have to pay loads to update/addn new content to their own game on xbox.

Hence why Team Fortress 2 on xbox is still crap.

 

[Mantonio]

Huh. Well, I'm not worried.

Minecraft will always inherently be superior on PC, and (because it's Micro$oft) the 360 will have NO FREE UPDATES!

 

[GLo Jones]

How will Microsoft handle MC updates then?

Still no free updates so people have to pay for MC updates?

I expect it'll come out around the same time as Minecraft is 'finished', so updates shouldn't be nearly as common as they are right now.

 

[PixelKing]

I assume this is when minecraft is released on 11/11/11.
Do want.

 

[therandombear]

How will Microsoft handle MC updates then?

Still no free updates so people have to pay for MC updates?

You can update games for free on xbox, just look at Burnout Paradise

Developers have to either charge money for their updates or they have to pay loads to update/addn new content to their own game on xbox.

Hence why Team Fortress 2 on xbox is still crap.

Somehow i doubt that.

Oh and TF2 is crap on xbox because its TF2.

No need to try and flame, just using TF2 as an example. Free updateson PC, but nothing on Xbox since Microsoft won't allow it to be free on the xbox.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

First game to make a person's arm fall off from all the digging.

 

[triggrhappy94]

What ever happened to Fortress Craft?

 

[therandombear]

How will Microsoft handle MC updates then?

Still no free updates so people have to pay for MC updates?

I expect it'll come out around the same time as Minecraft is 'finished', so updates shouldn't be nearly as common as they are right now.

Maybe, we didn't get a date only "Soon" and microsoft is nice enough to make bug fixes to be free

 

[Ophiuchus]

I hope this is just 'Kinect compatible' rather than 'REQUIRES Kinect'. Even if I wanted and could afford Kinect, I don't have anywhere in my house with enough clear space to set it up, so it's sort of disappointing that damn near everything is going to be using it in future. The message from Microsoft is pretty clear: "don't have Kinect? Well fuck off then, no more games for you".

 

[therandombear]

How will Microsoft handle MC updates then?

Still no free updates so people have to pay for MC updates?

You can update games for free on xbox, just look at Burnout Paradise

Developers have to either charge money for their updates or they have to pay loads to update/addn new content to their own game on xbox.

Hence why Team Fortress 2 on xbox is still crap.

Somehow i doubt that.

Oh and TF2 is crap on xbox because its TF2.

No need to try and flame, just using TF2 as an example. Free updateson PC, but nothing on Xbox since Microsoft won't allow it to be free on the xbox.

Well if you can flat out ignore my example i dont see why i cant shit all over yours. Plenty of games have been updated for free on xbox. SSF4, Burnout Paradise, AC:B, Left 4 Dead (thats a valve game so explain that one)

Updated, for bugs and such yes, but no new content for free.

I haven't played Burnout or AC:B on the xbox, but the campaigns and such for L4D2 are not free on xbox, The Sacrefice costs money on the xbox.