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 ...

James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...

Work continues for the Vibrant Visuals update to come to Minecraft Java, and as part of that they're switching the rendering from OpenGL to Vulkan. Announced today (February 18th) by Mojang developers ...

We already knew Hytale was likely to have a major early access release this week, but developer Hypixel Studios has now revealed the long-awaited Minecraft-a-like has sold so many copies ahead of its ...

Some Minecraft users see an error message saying Connection Lost, Internal Exception: java.io.IOException, An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote ...

The 1.21.7 Patch for Minecraft Java Edition has arrived, bringing a new painting into the game alongside the viral Lava Chicken music disc! This page acts as a comprehensive breakdown of the 1.21.7 ...

What is the secret to happiness? Does happiness come from within, or is it shaped by external influences such as our jobs, health, relationships and material circumstances? A new study published in ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. While you may be limited to which version of Minecraft you can play based on the device you're using, there are some important differences between ...

Microsoft Gaming‘s Kayleen Walters has been promoted to head of the company’s Stockholm-based “Minecraft” maker, Mojang Studios, as current chief Åsa Bredin exits the Swedish video game developer. Per ...