Minecraft On Xbox 360 Gets Retail Release Date

<p>The Xbox Live Arcade version of indie-fame Minecraft has been confirmed to be releasing as a stand-alone retail title for some time now although we haven&&num;8217&semi;t had a certain release date&&num;8230&semi; until now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game is coming to stores on the 28th June and will include a free 48-hour subscription to Xbox Live gold although in regards to the actual content of the game itself it will be exactly identical to its digitally-downloadable brother&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Microsoft is obviously hoping that this will further increase the sales of the game which has already shifted more than five million copies in eight months alone&comma; more than the PC original in the same period of time whilst also claiming the record of &&num;8220&semi;best-selling XBLA game ever&&num;8221&semi;&period; The total sales of Minecraft across all platforms are above 19 million units sold and we are sure this figure will only increase with the debut of the retail version&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2013-05-01-minecraft-xbox-360-edition-disc-based-release-dated">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;c8c0c6c3-0476-4d00-a8c9-8f417438f645" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;