Minecraft Xbox 360 update: 4J to patch 1.7.3 bugs, hints at big August news

New features for your Minecraft on Xbox 360? Bloody waste of time and fuss. I remember when all a man needed was the (default) clothes on his back, a stone pickaxe and a convenient hill to hide behind in case of Creepers. What good have pistons, shears and autosave done us? Oh, I'll grant folk have cooked up some diverting gadgets, but was it really worth the price? No, not price as in money - I'm talking about all those minor bugs and niggles. Was it worth all that? It was? OK then. I'll stop doing my old man impression now.

4J has announced a new Minecraft Xbox 360 update to address problems with the recently released Minecraft Xbox 360 update 1.7.3. As detailed on Twitter, this one's "a bug fix update to resolve a pistons crash and rendering issue, plus a few more minor issues" which will "hopefully [be] out within two weeks".

Known post-1.7.3 problems include a lighting issue which results in a stuttery frame rate, rain coming through the roof, mysteriously empty inventories, pickaxes that don't mine correctly on their last use before breakage, glass casting a shadow and players having their settings zeroed. Read all about it over here.

The developer has also teased an announcement of some kind, to accompany news of the second Minecraft Xbox 360 DLC skin pack. "Some skins from the coming Skin Pack 2 might be shown as part of an announcement from another games company on the 24th. Watch the web."

Wonder what the bugs will be like after Minecraft Xbox 360 update 1.8.2? That's supposed to be the tricky one. Here's a video of Matt and Log exploring OXM Land, our very own Minecraft kingdom.