Winners & losers: For the first time in nearly two decades, Mojang has announced a significant change in Minecraft's hardware requirements, a rare move for one of the biggest gaming products in ...

Despite getting updates every few months, Minecraft's developers had managed to avoid raising the system requirements for Java Edition until now. However, that has finally changed, as Mojang has ...

Verity mod is now available for download on Minecraft Java and Bedrock Editions. The only catch is that it is not the official mod since the mod simply does not exist. It was showcased in a YouTube ...

Minecraft Java Edition finally debuts a built-in Friends list feature. Players can invite friends to join their world without servers or Realms. This feature works similarly to the Bedrock Edition ...

Minecraft's Java Edition has long been the go-to for PC players, owing to how moddable it is in comparison to its Bedrock counterpart. However, getting a clean multiplayer experience has long ...

Bandit Launcher brings Minecraft Java Edition to Xbox Developer Mode. It is a UWP app that signs you in with your Microsoft account, verifies that you own Java Edition, downloads the official game ...

Looking ahead: The first official visual upgrade in Minecraft's 16-year history was released last June for Bedrock Edition players. However, the original Java version has a long road ahead of it ...

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