Minecraft for Xbox Live is slowly getting their new updates rolled out today. Over on Live's official site, the rundown of updates brings some functional fixes along with the ability to change character skins. So what comes with this new update that's going to eat up the rest of your day as you wait to get back to crafting and pruning virtual flora and fauna?
Some of the new features:
"- Added Pistons & Sticky Pistons.
- Added Stackable fences.
- Added Shears - required to get wool from sheep, and to collect leaf blocks.
- TNT needs Flint and Steel or Redstone to detonate.
- Redstone wire will now connect to a repeater.
- New textures for Cobblestone and Brick.
- Added Character Skin Selector to allow players to choose their skin from the default skins, or from Downloadable Content skin packs."
Along with the always fun:
"- Added a few other things for players to discover."
Other fixes incluse Netherealm crashes, saves not loading and lava-trolling the Host of a server.
The update goes live today for Xbox Live and will probably be ready whenever you stop fiddling with your pickaxe.