The game was officially released on May 9, 2012, and set a new sales records on the Xbox Live Arcade, selling more copies in the first 24 hours of launch than previous titles. On March 22, the official release date was posted by Larry Hryb, the Director of Programming for Xbox Live, as May 9, and a few days before the game release, HatFilms released 'the official trailer' for Xbox 360 Edition. In October 2011, Microsoft said the release was planned for Spring 2012. Daniel Kaplan tweeted about receiving an early copy of Xbox 360 Edition on September 7, 2011.

Notch later announced the team developing the game would be 4J Studios. IGN also filmed a video at MINECON showing that the graphics look very similar to Java Edition. 4J Studios confirmed that it had all the features of Java Edition Beta 1.6.6 when released, and that it would later be updated.

The game was showcased as a playable demo at MINECON 2011 and was deemed a 'work in progress'.

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