Today 4J Studios announced something particularly exciting for Minecraft console players. On Twitter they announced that the TU14 update for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are being handed over to Sony/Microsoft for testing. The playtesting process can take anyhwere from a week to a month, so we have changed our 'Future Updates' box on the right to April - May. The new update brings a huge amount of improvements, ranging from new generated structures (temples) to new blocks and ores. Here's everything that's new:
- Emerald
- Emerald Ore
- Block of Emerald
- Ender Chest
- Tripwire Hook
- Enchanted Golden Apple
- Anvil
- Flower Pot
- Cobblestone Walls
- Mossy Cobblestone Walls
- Wither Painting
- Potato
- Baked Potato
- Poisonous Potato
- Carrot
- Golden Carrot
- Carrot on a Stick
- Pumpkin Pie
- Night Vision Potion
- Invisibility Potion
- Nether Quartz
- Nether Quartz Ore
- Block of Quartz
- Quartz Slab
- Quartz Stair
- Chiseled Quartz Block
- Pillar Quartz Block
- Enchanted Book
- Carpet
- Added new Host Options for flying, invisibility and invulnerability for remote players.
- Added teleporting of players (using the player menu in-game).
You can see the full changelog (we left out the boring bug fixes and such) you can check out the source link. Now the ball is in Microsoft and Sony's court for them to release the update.
Source: Minecraft Forums