‘Minecraft: Xbox One Edition’ Favorites Pack set to come in June, 1.9.3 pre-release 3 and Realms alpha signup ending
Microsoft is giving “Minecraft” fans more options when it comes to the “Minecraft: Xbox One Edition.” Come June, players can opt to get the Favorites Pack, which is a great choice for those who want to catch up with what has already been released for the platform.
Detailed over the Xbox Wire, the “Minecraft: Xbox One Edition” Favorites Pack bundles the base game with seven of the best-selling packs to come out on the platform. Specifically, these add-on packs include the Battle & Beasts Skin Packs 1 and 2, the Natural Texture Pack, the City Texture Pack, the Fantasy Texture Pack, the Festive Mash-up Pack and the Halo Mash-up Pack.
The Favorites Pack will introduce 120 choices for character skins, five texture packs for the “Minecraft” worlds and two mash-ups to create new worlds according to the player’s design down to the UI and music.
This is also one way to move from the older “MInecraft Xbox 360 Edition, particularly those who are also looking to migrate to or at least expand their Xbox One library of games. The full “Minecraft Xbox One Edition” Favourites Pack will arrive first in Australia and New Zealand on June 7. It will come to other territories on June 21 for US$29.99 (approx. AU$40).
PC players of “Minecraft” can look forward to a new pre-release for “Minecraft” 1.9.3 version 3. Developer Mojang has released another refined version of the update, which fixes bugs from the second pre-release as well as a potential crash with spreading water or lava.
According to the developer, if there are no major sweeping bugs in the latest pre-release, the plan is to have it fixed early. This is so that the official “Minecraft 1.9.3” will be released as early as next week.
Finally, players who are interested in the beta run of “Minecraft Realms” on Android, Mojang has reminded players that they should make sure to sign up by today. This will allow players to check out Realms on the Pocket Edition ad Windows 10 via the Android. Following this, the alpha run of the title will be available over the weekend. This will be available until Monday, when the designated alpha will be shut down.
