Minecraft news » Console: Free Mini-Game Coming Soon

Battle - it's both a term, and a name for the upcoming free mini-game for consoles! Much as the name suggests, battle is a big part of it - players face off in a last-player-standing deathmatch. While it shares some similarities with the myriad types of survival games, Battle is much more fast-paced. It will come with 3 maps right out of the gate, and is tuned with 4-8 players in mind. Pretty cool!

For console players in particular, these ready-made maps sidestep many of the problems associated with building maps of this type, with loot tables, countdowns, and the like already taken care of. It's as plug-and-play as you can get!

Later on, more minigames will be released, each for $2.99 (and equivalents).