Terraria, Re-Logic’s popular side-scrolling, action-adventure sandbox game, originally released on PC in 2011will be available for download for the Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network next week , publisher 505 Games has announced.

Xbox 360 players worldwide will be able to start their all new adventure from Wednesday 27th March, PlayStation 3 owners in North America get a day’s head-start on Tuesday 26th March with a release date for the European PlayStation Store to follow shortly along with some very exciting news about the next steps in the Terraria story.

The console port is developed by Engine Software and adds to the game’s trademark features, (digging, building), an assortment of new content including: maps, weapons and armor, enemies, split-screen multiplayer mode for up to four players, online multiplayer for up to eight players in the same world, a new final boss battle, and more.

Terraria will be priced at 1200 Microsoft points / €14.99 / £11.99 at launch.

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