Retail version of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition delayed

MCV Staff 14th April 2013 Publishing

The retail launch for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has been pushed back to June.

Major Nelson revealed on Twitter that the US release date had been moved from April 30th to June 4th – in effort to match the current downloadable equivalent’s latest version.

FYI: In order to include the very latest content, the retail version for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has been delayed until June 4 (US),” Nelson said.

The XBLA version surpassed 6m units sold last month, and has been called a system seller for Xbox 360.

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