Microsoft Teases New Minecraft Marketplace, Currency
PC Magazine|May 2017

Microsoft’s Minecraft game is getting a new marketplace and its own currency. With the launch of the Minecraft Marketplace, businesses will—for the first time—be able to sell their original content to players within the game. Arriving this spring, the Marketplace will be packed with “amazing adventure maps, texture packs, mini games,” and other goodies available for purchase, all accessible across devices via Xbox Live.

Angela Moscaritolo
Microsoft Teases New Minecraft Marketplace, Currency

“Unlock new avatar skins, change your world or explore incredible new maps from a community with unlimited imagination,” Microsoft said in a statement. The software giant is already working with several businesses to populate Marketplace but said anyone with a registered business can apply.

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