You can be a man or a woman, with various skin tones, in Minecraft: Story Mode
You can be a man or a woman in Minecraft: Story Mode. Not only that, you can be light or dark skinned, and have a customizable outfit. As long as you're wearing suspenders for boys and coveralls for girls. Minecraft: Story Mode is developer Telltale's first game with a selectable main character. Your name, though—Jesse—is sufficiently gender neutral, applying neatly to both male and female protagonists.
Patton Oswalt (perennial geek culture spokesman) voices male Jesse. Catherine Taber (Padme Amidala from Star Wars: The Clone Wars) voices female Jesse.
Folks at PAX 2015 (Aug. 28–31) are playing the game's first public beta right now. Here's a look at the trailer from Minecon back in July.
Minecraft: Story Mode is coming to every platform under the sun: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U, PC/Mac, iOS, and Android devices. It's due sometime Fall 2015, but if Telltale's previous series are any indication, release dates for each episode will be announced at the last minute, and have scattered dates between each gaming platform. (It was cute the first couple times, but now it's mostly tedious to follow the bouncing ball.)
Play the First Public Beta at PAX Prime
Ahead of the Season Premiere This Fall
This weekend, fans at PAX Prime in Seattle are getting their hands on the very first playable beta of Minecraft: Story Mode... and we wanted to make sure we had something exciting to share with you too!
Today we can announce that Minecraft: Story Mode will be the first Telltale game series to feature a player character where YOU choose their appearance. Players will be able to select from several different options for both male and female versions of our hero Jesse.
The season will feature Patton Oswalt as male Jesse, Catherine Taber as female Jesse, Brian Posehn, Ashley Johnson, Scott Porter, Martha Plimpton, Dave Fennoy, Corey Feldman, Billy West, and Paul Reubens. Look for further casting details to come!
Check out these new screenshots from the season premiere, where you'll get a sneak peek at several different versions of Jesse. We can't wait to share the first episode of the season with you - look out for it premiering soon this fall on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PC/Mac, iOS and Android-based devices!
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series is not yet rated by the ESRB. The series will be published digitally by Telltale Games in partnership with Mojang.
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