Minecraft updates will soon be available for PS4 and Xbox One

Minecraft updates will soon be available for next gen consoles

Minecraft’s co-developers 4J Studios have announced that updates are being tested for both PS4 and Xbox One Edition. All versions of this game are receiving periodic updates and the recent updates for the next- gen consoles will be available soon. Along with the bug fixes, the developers have announced that they are working on a major update to make the game compatible for “the equivalent of Java 1.6.4″. A newer version of Java should offer better stability and possibly improve performance . They tweeted:

They have provided a full list of bug fixes for PS4 and Xbox One editions. Here, the full bug fixes is listed with minor changes between these two versions:

• Fix for tile entities not being saved correctly in unloaded chunks. (Empty Chests, Spawners turning into Pig Spawners, etc.)
• Enable hiding mashup-pack worlds from the saves list, and re-enabling them all from the options menu.
• Change to ‘disable saving’ setting so that it remains set for a specific save when reloading that save.
• Fix for Glass Blocks placed next to each other rendering incorrectly.
• Fix for enchanted items not destroying blocks as quickly as they should.
• Changed 3D sound attenuation to have linear fall-off, with special cases for thunder, Enderdragon & Ghast sounds. (Sound volumes incorrect bug)
• Improved frame-rate in Jungles.
• Fix for missing chunks in Superflat world on host console.
• Fixed an issue with mob spawning rates.
• Fix for hit box on torches sometimes being incorrect.
• Fix for entities being duplicated (every save/load cycle) for transferred worlds (Multiple Enderdragons bug).
• Fix for ‘Can Build and Mine’ not functioning correctly.
• Fixed issue with mobs still being aggressive while player is invisible (using Potion).
• Fixed an issue recording Spider Jockey kills.
• Fix for players riding Boats/Minecarts sometimes being invisible to remote players.
• Fix for Maps placed in an Item Frame appear as blank to other players.
• Fix to move HUD down when tooltips are disabled.
• Fix for camera resetting when going through Nether or End Portals.
• Fix for issue with Xbox 360 Save transfer when the save is exited without saving on Xbox One. (Xbox One only)
• Fixed an issue with gamer pictures occasionally causing a crash. (Xbox One only)
• Fixed an issue with save transfers not using the most recent player data. (PS4 only)
• Fix for Lily Pad breaking particle effect. (PS4 only)
• Added a ‘Copy Save’ option to allow people to ‘back-up’ their world to another save.

Minecraft will soon be available in Disc-based version for Xbox One. More on that news here.

We're now working on an update for all Minecraft console editions to move up to the equivalent of Java 1.6.4 version. It may take some time!

— 4J Studios (@4JStudios) October 2, 2014