Hello strangers and welcome to one of the biggest mash ups the 360 has ever seen.  Don't believe me?  Minecraft 360 has sold more copies than whiskers on my cat o' nine tails and Skyrim is considered one of the best games of this generation.  Together they become Minecraft Skyrim Edition, out today.

Skyrim is a game that lets you run around and shoot things in the knees with arrows. Minecraft is a game where you set blocks all over the place and curse at the walking cactus creepers when they blow everything up. Put them together and you've got a crazy (but cool) mash-up that will soon dominate your Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition experience.

With its cute voxel chickens and adorable sheep in a rainbow of colors, Minecraft doesn't exactly have a reputation as the scariest game around. Even the whole Enderman thing is, at best, creepy in a weird sort of way. Mojang is releasing a limited time Halloween texture pack for the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft that looks to add a little bit of spookiness to your awesome subterranean cave empire.

If you happened to miss it, we just posted a Co-Op FAQ for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition on the site. Better late then never, right? Keeping with the Minecraft theme and with Halloween right around the corner it's a good time to combine the two. It's always fun to dress up in your favorite videogame character, like perhaps, a Creeper from Minecraft? Co-Optimus and HalloweenCostumes.com have you covered with a giveaway just in time for Trick Or Treat.

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has been around for quite some time now, and yet nothing has slow down it's evolution in the slightest; it's as popular as game's can get. Since there's so much to experience in the title, let alone playing it cooperatively, it's easy to ask, "Where do I even start?" Luckily, we have some of the most common co-op related questions we've heard since release:

We live in a world of cheap goods, tetra packs and man made materials.  Even Minecraft: 360 Edition bought into this with their Plastic Texture Pack.  Thankfully, Gaia must have spoken to the people at Mojang as they are planning to release a Natural Texture Pack to bring us all back to Earth.

Want a new look for your Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition worlds, but like the current ones you’ve got? Enter the very first Texture Pack, “Plastic”! Gamers are now able to alter the way many of the game’s textures look with more plastic-like visuals, and it goes for a cheap price!

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition’s upcoming Title Update 13 will continue to evolve how the game is played today, all while fixing many graphical errors and game glitches. Microsoft Studios recently revealed the latest changes that will be made to the game very soon.

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has more skins than a snake shedding factory, but that does not stop Co-Optimus from getting excited about the latest slice of DLC.  Commander Shepard and pals are dropping in from Mass Effect along with all new textures, skins and music.  

We finally have the confirmed list of changes and additions included in the next Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Title Update 12. Many of these items and tweeks will contribute to syncing the Xbox version up with its PC brother, but will not add the highly desirable horse mounts just yet.

Roland returns again in the form of a new skin, along with a bunch of his fellow Vault Hunter heroes within Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. Now you can have the entire collection of Borderlands 2 skins at your grasp by grabbing the Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition “Skin Pack 5” in only a few days from now.

A new console version of Minecraft for the Xbox One was revealed during Microsoft’s E3 press conference last week, hopefully exciting avid Minecrafters for the system. However, those that have put in countless hours into their worlds on the Xbox 360 Edition may not be able to continue their hard work on their Xbox Ones.

If you've been pecking around with Minecraft: Pocket Edition these past few years, you've probably noticed one major feature has been missing: co-op play. Ok, so there are a lot of features missing from Minecraft mobile when compared to the desktop or Xbox 360 versions, but co-op is a key component to building things like a 1-to-1 replica of old Rome or a rollercoaster ride inspired by the Beetlejuice cartoon. Every grand project needs willing slave workers. Just ask the ancient Egyptians!