Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Update 11 and the 1st Birthday Pack and the Battle & Beasts Pack DLC are Available

Mojang and 4J Studios have released a new update for the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft a few days ago to coincide with the Xbox 360 version one year anniversary. Two new skin packs: the Battle ‘N’ Beasts pack and the Minecraft 1st Birthday pack are also available to download from the Xbox Live Marketplace. The Battle ‘N’ Beasts pack DLC costs 160 Microsoft Points and the 1st Birthday pack DLC is free. This update mostly includes gameplay tweaks and bug fixes.

Update 11 Patch Notes:

Fixes:

• Fix for explosion lag issue on clients in an online game.
• Fix to remove any Fireballs hanging in the air in a save game.
• Fix to only show the spawn limit message to the player attempting to spawn something.
• Fixed the terrain mipmaps to have the updated version of the gravel texture in them.
• Fix for the spawn limit overrun when shearing or breeding Mooshrooms
• Increased the limit for Paintings/Item Frames, Villagers, and Snow Golems in a world.
• Display a message when the maximum Paintings/Item Frames are reached.
• Display a message when the user tries to put an animal in Love Mode when the spawn limits have been reached.
• Display a message when the user tries to spawn an enemy from a Spawn Egg in Peaceful mode.
• Reduced Ghast sound volume

Screenshots:

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Battle & Beasts Skin Pack DLC

These pack contains some pretty cool skins, especially the Imperial Soldier skins. The pack costs 160 Microsoft Points. “By popular demand, Warriors and Animals are the main flavours for this Skin Pack. Hope you enjoy customising your Minecraft character with these!” If you say so marketing person.

• Enderman in a Suit.
• zombie in a Suit.
• Cave Spider in a Suit.
• Chicken in a Suit.
• Zebra.
• Panther.
• Warthog.
• Mandrill Baboon.
• Meerkat.
• Rhinoceros.
• Hippopotamus.
• Elephant.
• Lion.
• Aardvark.
• Leopard.
• Gnu.
• Hyena.
• Antelope.
• Gorilla.
• Bush Baby.
• Crocodile.
• Spartan.
• Roman.
• Norse Raider.
• Medieval Knight.
• Samurai Warrior.
• Steppes Warrior.
• Native American.
• Cowboy.
• Southern African Warrior.
• Imperial British Soldier.
• African Warrior.
• Imperial French Soldier.
• Female Spartan.
• Female Roman.
• Female Norse Raider.
• Female Medieval Knight.
• Female Samurai Warrior.
• Female Steppes Warrior.
• Female Native American.
• Cowgirl.
• Female Southern African Warrior.
• Female Imperial British Soldier.
• Female African Warrior.
• Female Imperial French Soldier.

Some cool skins there. Expect more skins packs and hopefully custom textures supported in the future.

Some of my other Minecraft posts:

• Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Update 9 and Update 10 are Available.
• Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Update 7 and Festive Skin Pack DLC are Now Available.
• New Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Patch is Out Soon.
• Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition 1.8.2 Patch is Available.
• Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has Sold Four Million.
• Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Skin Pack 2 is Available. Complete List and Nine Screenshots.
• Minecraft – Pocket Edition Version 0.3.3 is Now Available.
• Minecraft Patch 1.3.0 and 1.3.1 is Now Available.
• Building a Minecraft Kingdom One Mined Block at a Time. Part #4 Mining and Monster Rave with the Zombie House Mafia.
• Some of the Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Skin Pack 2 Skins.
• Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Has Reached More Than Three Million Units Sold.
• Building a Minecraft Kingdom.
• Minecraft Survival Diary.