Xbox Wire has announced that Minecraft will be releasing on the Xbox One on Friday, September 5th, with PlayStation France also confirming that the PS4 edition will be releasing on the European PlayStation Store today (September 3rd) with a US release possibly pegged for next week.
Only the pricing of Minecraft: Xbox One Edition has been confirmed, with it costing $19.99 or $14.99 for those who owned the Xbox 360 version of the game. Expect Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition to feature a similar pricing model.
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PlayStation France tweeted a follower who asked about the release date for the game stating that it a digital copy was set to arrive on September 3rd, though also revealed that the release date for the physical copy of the game had yet to be confirmed. The tweet was later deleted.
Those who already purchased the game on Xbox 360 must link their Xbox Live account to the game in order to obtain the cheaper $14.99 upgrade. All DLC previously downloaded in the Xbox 360 version will also be made available to those players free of charge.
Minecraft was one of the best-selling games of the last console generation, offering a watered down version of the hugely popular PC sandbox game. Microsoft’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb took to his blog to discuss the growth of the game from Xbox 360 to Xbox One, writing: “With worlds up to 36 times larger than on Xbox 360, now there’s an even bigger canvas to create, with four player split-screen on one console or up to eight players over Xbox Live.
“Later this month, select retailers will sell the full game Digital Download Code and the full game packaged disc will be on retail store shelves globally this holiday.”
Created by Markus “Notch” Perrson and his team at Mojang, the last-gen console versions of the game were handled by 4J Studios, who are also taking the helm of the Xbox One and PS4 editions of the game.
