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Notch on Minecraft XBLA and Fez!

Notch on Minecraft XBLA and Fez!

We speak to Markus 'Notch' Persson about the success of Minecraft on Xbox and what this means for the future of the game. Plus, there could be some intriguing infrasturcture changes on the way for the fans of the PC multiplayer modes...

Oh, and what's he playing at the moment while he's supposed to be developing 0x10c?

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Minecraft for Xbox: four-player splitscreen! Avatar collections! More!

Minecraft for Xbox: four-player splitscreen! Avatar collections! More!

Last week, I asked for your questions on the Xbox version of Minecraft. I put them to the game's lead producer, Roger Carpenter.

The big revelation was the multiplayer mode. And Avatar collectons! But he also told us about skins, textures and Kinect support...

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Feature: Minecraft – how to rebuild the world for Xbox

Feature: Minecraft – how to rebuild the world for Xbox
Last week, we took a look at block-building pretender, FortressCraft. Today, we interrogate 4J Studios about the XBLA conversion of Minecraft.

How much has Notch been involved, and can we expect any fresh new additions to the recipe?

And how do you re-think Minecraft for a vast online community with no experience of the game – and no mouse and keyboard?

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