Minecraft Title Update 9 For Xbox 360 Releasing April 5 By Daniel Perez on 04/02/2013 Minecraft on the Xbox 360 has sold over six million units making it one of those games that can officially be considered a success for both 4J Studios and Microsoft. 4J Studios has been updating the game regularly, and Title update 9 has passed certification and is scheduled to be released at the end of the week on April 5. Title update 9 will add a ton of new content as well as fixes that will add “The End” to the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft as well as a new Enderdragon behavior. In addition to that, you can expect to be treated to climbable vines, stackable buckets and signs, sheep being able to regrow their wool and a ton of other improvements to the game you could check out for yourself in after the break. Changes: - Added ‘The End’, with new layout, and new Enderdragon behaviour. - Added Climbable Vines. - Added Fire Charge, Wooden Button, Item Frames, Spawn Eggs, Sandstone Stairs, Spruce Stairs, Birch Stairs, Nether Bricks, Spruce Planks, Birch Planks, Nether Brick Slab, Spruce Slab and Birch Slab. - Added new music for The End and The Nether from C418 - Made buckets and signs stackable. - Sheep now re-grow their wool after shearing. - New gravel texture. - Can now smelt Netherrack into a Nether Brick in a Furnace. - Blacksmith buildings in Villages now hold chests with loot of the same type as found in Strongholds. - Crafting recipe change – Sign recipe gives three Signs. - Crafting recipe change – Half Slab recipes give six Half Slabs. - Crafting recipe change – Stone Button now requires one block of stone instead of two. - Added smoother color transitions between biomes. - Added beaches to terrain generation. - Fence Gates can now be opened and closed with Redstone. - Changed Nether Fortress to make Nether Wart rooms more likely. - Made Nether Wart spawn randomly wherever Soul Sand is generated in the Nether. - Nether Wart will now grow in the Overworld. - Made Dispenser dispense mobs from Spawn Eggs, rather than the egg itself. - Dispenser will dispense lava/water from a Bucket of Lava/Water. - Dispenser will shoot Fire Charges. - Trapdoors can be placed on half slabs and stairs - Allow players to block with a sword when the ‘Can Build And Mine’ option is unchecked by the host. - Moved six of the twelve music disc quests in the Tutorial World - Changed the Tutorial world to add climbable Vines, and some of the new items, and removed/reduced the items in the Brewing, Farming and Breeding chests. - Don’t show the achievements warning when loading a creative map that has already been saved in creative mode. - Reduced the volume of the Ghast sound effects. - Increased the distance jukeboxes can be heard from. - Improved lighting code performance. - Improved the loading/saving time. - Changed the display order in the Minecraft Store to show newest DLC first. - Added How To Play for The End and Farming Animals - Added HUD size options for both splitscreen and full screen modes. - Added Reset Nether option to force regeneration of The Nether. This is helpful for older saves that didn’t have a Nether Fortress. - Added a toggle for Death Messages. - Added a toggle to hide or display the animated character in the User Interface. - Allow individual splitscreen users to have their own settings for HUD. Fixes: - Fix for a Nether portal crash due to Ghast fireballs - Fix for Cave Spider size. - Fixed Experience Orb pickup sound not having pitch variance. - Fixed a crash when attaching Glowstone to Pistons. - Fixed a render update problem on the end of world chunks - Fixed a crash with players throwing Enderpearls and leaving the game. - Stop the player animation for eating happening in the Change Skin menu + Version PC equivalent Planned Release Date Planned changes Title Update 9 (TU9)[1] 1.1[2] Friday 5th April 2013.[3] The End[4]Will be different to the Computer.[2] Ender Dragon[5]Ender Dragon breathes 'Ender acid' (Xbox Exclusive).[6] [*]Exit portal spawns when you enter The End but is only activated when the Ender Dragon is killed.[7] [*]Ender Crystals 2 of them are covered by iron bars.[8]This feature is still being tested and may not appear in TU9.[9] [*]Spawn eggs (stackable to 16).[10] [*]X on maps to show location of the End Portal when someone is in the End.[11] [*]Sheeps can now regrow their wool by eating grass.[12] [*]Re-added beaches.[13] [*]Bowls now stackable up to 64.[14] [*]Added new music for The End and The Nether from C418 [*]Blacksmith buildings in Villages now hold chests with loot of the same type as found in Strongholds. [*]Half Slab recipes give 6 Half Slabs. [*]Added smoother color transitions between biomes. [*]Fence Gates can now be opened and closed with Redstone. [*]Changed Nether Fortress to make Nether Wart rooms more likely. [*]Made Nether Wart spawn randomly wherever Soul Sand is generated in the Nether. [*]Allow players to block with a sword when the ‘Can Build And Mine’ option is unchecked by the host. [*]Moved six of the twelve music disc quests in the Tutorial World [*]Changed the Tutorial world to add climbable Vines, and some of the new items, and removed/reduced the items in the Brewing, Farming and Breeding chests. [*]Don't show the achievements warning when loading a creative map that has already been saved in creative mode. [*]Reduced the volume of the Ghast sound effects. [*]Increased the distance jukeboxes can be heard from. [*]Improved lighting code performance. [*]Improved the loading/saving time. [*]Changed the display order in the Minecraft Store to show newest DLC first. [*]Added How To Play for The End and Farming Animals. [*]Added HUD size options for both splitscreen and full screen modes. [*]Added Reset Nether option to force regeneration of The Nether. This is helpful for older saves that didn't have a Nether Fortress.[15] [*]Added a toggle for Death Messages. [*]Added a toggle to hide or display the animated character in the User Interface. [*]Allow individual splitscreen users to have their own settings for HUD. [*]1.2.1 Feature: Vines can now be climbed to ascend and descend..[16] [*]1.2.1 Feature: Fire charge.[17] [*]1.2.1 Feature: Made Dispenser dispense mobs from Spawn Eggs, rather than the egg itself. [*]1.2.1 Feature: Half Slab recipes give 6 Half Slabs. [*]1.2.4 Feature: Birch and Spruce wood planks, slabs and stairs.[14] [*]1.3.1 Feature: Buckets now stackable up to 16.[14] [*]1.3.1 Feature: Sandstone stairs.[13] [*]1.3.1 Feature: Signs are now stackable to 16.[13] [*]1.3.1 Feature: Sign recipe gives 3 Signs. [*]1.3.1 Feature: Dispensers will now place the liquid in buckets.[13] [*]1.3.1 Feature: Changed Gravel texture from to .[14] [*]1.3.1 Feature: Nether Wart will now grow in the Overworld. [*]1.4.2 Feature: Wooden Button[14] [*]1.4.2 Feature: Item frames.[13] [*]1.4.2 Feature: Stone Button now requires one block of stone instead of two. [*]1.4.2 Feature: Trapdoors can be placed on half slabs and stairs [*]1.4.6 Feature: Nether Brick slabs.[13] [*]1.5 Feature: Nether Bricks can be made by smelting Netherrack.[14] Bug fixes: [] Fixed fireballs causing a freeze while entering the Nether.[18] Fixed crash with Ender Pearls.[19] Fix for Cave Spider size. Fixed Experience Orb pickup sound not having pitch variance. Fixed a crash when attaching Glowstone to Pistons. Fixed a render update problem on the end of world chunks. Stop the player animation for eating happening in the Change Skin menu Sources: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Xbox_360_Edition_upcoming_features + http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/04/minecraft-title-update-9-for-xbox-360-releasing-april-5/
Apparently TU9 Will be released around 10am GMT Time (UK) incase you were staying up till 12pm to get it as soon as it turns the 5th of April.
