Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition

The Xbox 360 version of the game, developed by 4J Studios, is planned to support Kinect play and cross-platform playability with the PC version.[81] The gameworld size is limited to 1024 by 1024 blocks, although this might later be expanded through the next updates.

At the Game Developers Conference, it was made known that Minecraft for XBLA would be coming out on March 17, 2012. However, Daniel Kaplan said on Twitter that it is Microsoft's decision on when it will be released, 4J Studios told Microsoft that the game was ready for release, Microsoft waited for a date that they are happy to release.[82] It was announced that Minecraft would be the flagship game in a new Xbox Live promotion called Arcade NEXT. The game was released on May 9, 2012.[83]

Currently Minecraft for Xbox 360 is limited, although in time the game will be in sync with the PC version, but on the first release, Xbox Minecraft was many versions behind the current 1.2.5. Although many features are planned, they will not be added until a later date. The game has a large amount of content that is special to the Xbox 360, including the newly designed crafting system, the control interface, and the ability to play with friends via Xbox Live.[84]