40 New Skins Coming to Minecraft XBLA Alongside 1.7.3 Update (Updated)

By Landon Robinson | 05 July 2012 | 9 Comments

For fans of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (hopefully all of you), we’ve got some sweet news regarding skins and updates to the game. First off, the 1.7.3 title update will be arriving next week and will bring with it an assortment of new features, primarily the ability to choose your own player skin in-game.

As you may know, there are currently 8 skins available in the current version of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, but your particular outfit is assigned to you based on what player you are (first, second, third, etc.), so you ultimately have little creative control over your stylish self. However, with this update, you’ll be able to select which (among the current 8) you wish to wear, even if someone else wants to wear it as well.

Additionally, the Minecraft Skin Pack 1 has been announced, which will bring with it 40 new skins for you and your friends to put on in addition to the base 8. The Skin Pack will be at a cost, but not one that’s been clarified just yet. These original skins include some familiar Xbox game-related styles, like Creeper man, ‘Splosion Man (‘Splosion Man), Trials Man (Trials Evolution), Covenant Grunt (Halo) and King.

The update and associated skin pack will be available next week.

Update – More Skins Confirmed

Jack of Blades
Clayton Carmine
Banjo
Ms ‘Splosion
Prisoner

And here’s one of Banjo just because he’s so dang awesome.

[via Play XBLA]

9 Comments

Posted by SAk on 05 July 12 at 12:43pm

Damn they should have just sold a skin editor for the 360
- Posted by Man ManMan on 05 July 12 at 1:36pm
  
  Better question is: why are they making you pay for advertising other games?
Posted by cocobumfluff on 05 July 12 at 1:48pm

Bought this last week with the mrs, got a fellow couple to get it too. I am this games whore and I will throw all my money at it happily. =]
- Posted by SAk on 05 July 12 at 2:12pm
  
  If thats the way you feel, I hope you have the PC version.
Posted by Galo on 06 July 12 at 12:23pm

Charging for something that’s been free on the PC for years – that’s Microsoft for you!
- Posted by Nahura on 06 July 12 at 1:39pm
  
  Be happy its not Sony who sets this out
  - Posted by Knuckles121 on 06 July 12 at 7:47pm
    
    You justify this by insulting a company that has nothing to do with this?
Posted by Jazz on 07 July 12 at 7:04pm

Don’t give so much respect to Sony as they are barely a company as chapter 13 is looming. I don’t want to see just ms running the show so I hope sony gets the ship together but it will be a hard road for recovery for them. Ms on te other hand needs to start utilizing there 20 studios they now own and I know most of them are recent buys but I hope the 720 will be the place to shocase all there new talent. Go ms and sony please quit making stupid business decisions and I’m glad to see them starting to humble because sony as a company has been very arrorgant as well as most of there fans
Posted by TheKillerOfNoobs on 24 July 12 at 3:27am

We need Minecraft for PS3!!! :D