Minecraft Xbox One & Xbox 360 Upgrades and Mods: New Simpsons Skins Pack Available Soon
Fans of “The Simpsons” and “Minecraft” will be happy to learn that a new pack will be released soon that will make Simpsons skins available on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 versions of “Minecraft.” The game will be released sometime in February.
Microsoft announced in a press release that the new skins pack of “The Simpsons” would become available sometime in late February. The downloadable pack will feature Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie as well as 19 characters from the school.
“We have an active community of more than 17 million die-hard Minecrafters on Xbox Live enjoying the wide range of downloadable content on Xbox, and they have been clamoring for us to bring Simpsons characters to the game,” said Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox. “We are thrilled to partner with Twentieth Century Fox and Gracie Films to bring ‘The Simpsons’ to life on ‘Minecraft’ Xbox 360 and Xbox One editions. I can’t wait to see what the community creates.”
“Like ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Minecraft’ is a true cultural phenomenon embraced by people of all ages, from every corner of the globe,” said Roz Nowicki, executive vice president of global sales and retail for Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products. “We know fans of the show will have a ton of fun bringing the colorful characters of Springfield into the intricate worlds they’ve been building in ‘Minecraft.’”
According to Ars Technica, the characters included in the pack are Groundskeeper Willie, Principal Skinner, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Milhouse, Otto, Jimbo, Kearny, Dolph, Martin Prince, Wendell, Uter, Superintendent Chalmers, and conductor Dewey Largo, among others. However, other characters like Chief Wiggum, Duffman and Disco Stu are not in the pack.
The pack will be sold for $1.99.
“The Simpsons” Twitter account announced the news as well.
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