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Minecraft: Console Edition will receive an update tomorrow which includes the new and free Glide Mini Game, Microsoft has announced.
Glide is designed to test the player’s aeronautical skills, strapping on a pair of elytra and flying through a series of hoops.
Time Attack mode: Beat the clock by using thermal drafts and speed boosters to your advantage
Score Attack: Go for points by hitting all the hoops.
Online Play: Available in PS4 and Xbox One editions.
“Putting the Elytra in for the Console Edition Christmas update was the big driving force,” said art director David Keningale. “The cogs were already turning while we were building the elytra tutorial level. That said, we assumed it would be a ring-based flight course, like PilotWings. It was only as we were building the tracks that we realised just how much fun Time Trial was – and that inspired us to add more shortcuts in order to make it even more fun.”
One Glide map is included in tomorrow’s game update, with additional free maps to come. There’s will also be premium maps.
“The first DLC pack going out will be themed around beasts,” explains Keningale. “We have a kraken-themed level which takes inspiration from Battle’s Cove map. You burst out into a huge open area with two battling ships and a giant, giant kraken that you fly right up and over. It’s a really great experience. Then we have an exciting glacial track that uses the Ice Spikes biome as inspiration. We have lots of yetis running through the map and giant fossils for you to avoid and to fly through. And the final one uses the Chinese Mythology pack – you’ll be flying alongside dragons and around the fantastic, epic terrain of China!”
Source: Minecraft.net
