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Minecraft emerges on PlayStation 3 this week, PS4 and Vita in 2014

Surprise! In a last-minute announcement, Mojang has revealed that Minecraft will arrive on PlayStation 3 this Tuesday. It was once planned to be a PlayStation 4 launch title and arrive on Vita too, but those versions are now slated to arrive "sometime next year." Still, your family will at least be able to huddle around and build a giant exploding Christmas tree on PS3 after Christmas dinner.
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Surprise! In a last-minute announcement, Mojang has revealed that Minecraft will arrive on PlayStation 3 this Tuesday. It was once planned to be a PlayStation 4 launch title and arrive on Vita too, but those versions are now slated to arrive "sometime next year." Still, your family will at least be able to huddle around and build a giant exploding Christmas tree on PS3 after Christmas dinner. "Minecraft: PS3 Edition comes with everything present in other console versions. They're pretty much identical to play, and will be developed in tandem from now on," Mojang's Owen Hill explained in the announcement. He added that Mojang doesn't know "yet" if it'll be support Remote Play or be compatible with the PS4 and Vita versions, so keep those fingers crossed. Hill hinted at the possibility of PlayStation-exclusive skin packs, too. Minecraft first arrived on consoles as an Xbox 360 exclusive in June 2012. It's been just a wee bit successful, very recently passing 10 million sales on that platform alone.

Yep, the PS3 edition certainly does look like Minecraft

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    December 16, 2013 7:30 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Minecraft emerges on PlayStation 3 this week, PS4 and Vita in 2014.

    Surprise! In a last-minute announcement, Mojang has revealed that Minecraft will arrive on PlayStation 3 this Tuesday. It was once planned to be a PlayStation 4 launch title and arrive on Vita too, but those versions are now slated to arrive "sometime next year." Still, your family will at least be able to huddle around and build a giant exploding Christmas tree on PS3 after Christmas dinner.

    • iamcuddles legacy 10 years
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      December 16, 2013 8:10 AM

      Come on Vita release.

    • Vincent Grayson moderator legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      December 16, 2013 8:26 AM

      Tell me for certain it's cross-buy, and I'll grab it now. Otherwise, gonna wait on PS4.

      • Mad Brahmin Disease legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        December 16, 2013 10:04 AM

        That'd be a killer feature. But given how much Mojang likes money, I don't see it happening.

    • Darkfox76 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      December 16, 2013 9:57 AM

      I though the vita version was coming out this week along with the ps3.

    • jtthe2nd legacy 10 years
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      December 16, 2013 1:15 PM

      I wish Minecraft was sold on Steam so I could gift it to my nephew. He'd be playing this game 24/7.

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