Major multiplayer upgrade: Minecraft Java Edition Snapshot 7 introduces a Friends List and direct peer-to-peer world joining, ending the need for private servers in many cases. Bedrock parity boost: ...

Minecraft Java Edition players won't always need to host or rent servers for multiplayer soon, as Mojang is adding the option ...

Minecraft Java Edition is finally getting a native Friends List and peer-to-peer multiplayer, letting players join each other’s worlds without setting up a server, Realms, or relying on third-party ...

Minecraft Java Edition 1.21, officially known as the Tricky Trials update (often colloquially linked to the Armadillo mob), has arrived with significant changes to world generation and map APIs. While ...

Java has always been criticized for being too verbose. While that criticism is largely unfounded, language architects and community enthusiasts have always strived to make the language simpler and ...

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Minecraft Create Aeronautics is a brand new mod that brings loads of new mechanics to the already-popular mod, Create. This particular mod was in development for nearly four years, with its pre-alpha ...

Explore what mods are available in Minecraft Bedrock Edition, what features they offer, and the key limitations compared to Java Edition modding. Play Bedrock long enough and you start feeling the ...

The Minecraft Chaos Cubed update has just landed on the Java side of the sandbox game, and I'm already eager to see what the wealth of inventive Minecraft creators and modders can do with its ...

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After more than 16 years, Minecraft: Java Edition is finally moving away from the aging OpenGL graphics system and upgrading to Vulkan, a modern multi-threaded rendering API. The change, announced by ...

Minecraft Java Edition is replacing OpenGL with Vulkan as its graphics API. Vulkan is going to enable better performance, better graphics, and a solid backbone for the Vibrant Visuals. Moreover, it ...