20th Century Fox and Microsoft have announced that The Simpsons will be heading to Minecraft on Xbox 360 and Xbox One in the form of DLC.
The DLC will consist of skins for the whole Simpson family—Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie—and an additional 19 characters from Springfield Elementary School.
“We have an active community of more than 14 million die-hard Minecraft fans 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,” says head of Xbox Phil Spencer.
“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.”
According to Xbox Wire, The Simpsons add-on will be available in February on the Xbox Games Store for $1.99.
Roz Nowicki, executive vice president for Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products, compared the success and popularity of Minecraft with The Simpsons, as she described it as “a true cultural phenomenon.”
“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,” she added.
In other Minecraft-related news, developer Telltale Games, best known for The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, confirmed that they are working with on a brand-new title called “Minecraft: Story Mode.”