

Chests refill at stages during each bout so there’s a tactical benefit in knowing where they all are, and every character’s health gradually depletes so its actually possible to starve to death if you hide out for too long.įights are fast and fun, with the bow and arrow coming out as a vital way of getting easier distance kills.

The flow will be familiar to fans it’s all about keeping an eye out for other players while searching for goodies, and navigating the landscape without accidentally dropping off a high walkway. The Lair is one of the arena-like maps that will come with Minecraft’s Battle pack Photograph: Microsoft From here, it’s very mob for themselves as everyone sneaks around the environment, attempting to stay alive. Similarly to the large range of “Hunger Games” modes on PC, players are given a few seconds of invulnerability at the start of each round in order to find chests and check them for weapons, armour or potions or just run away and hide. They’re starting off with the simply named Battle, an eight-player deathmatch in the last survivor is the winner. In June, 4J Studios, the Dundee-based developer behind the Xbox, PlayStation and Wii U versions of the game, will launch a free update to the console editions of Minecraft featuring the first in what they plan to be a series of mini-games. So far, the console versions of Minecraft have not supported this feature. From competitive survival tests to giant hide n seek challenges, participants can compete with and against friends in online sessions. F or years, PC owners have been able to load up Minecraft, find a server and play a variety of mostly fan-made mini-games, set within the blocky confines of Mojang’s creative masterpiece.
