Microsoft is launching an official store for “community-made goodies” in Minecraft with curated content from nine professional partners, which players will pay for with new Minecraft Coins.
Microsoft has announced the upcoming launch of a “curated marketplace” for Minecraft , its blocky world-building game. The new Minecraft Marketplace will be the first official store for third-party content, and will offer add-ons – including maps, and skin and texture packs – from a range of “professional ‘content creators’ selected by Microsoft”, the company said today.
The new store for “community-made goodies” will launch with content from nine companies, but “anyone with a registered business” can submit their content for consideration. The nine launch partners are:
We selected nine creators to launch with,” John Thornton, Executive Producer of Minecraft Realms, said today. “This is a curated marketplace, it’s not open, but we are going to work with creators to bring new ones in via an online portal, where they can apply to join.
