Mojang said late Wednesday that the legacy, PC-centric Java version of Minecraft will now require a Microsoft account, a decision Microsoft says it’s making for security reasons and to ensure future ...

The Java Edition is Minecraft's oldest before Mojang released versions for different devices. Since the sandbox game has been out for more than a decade, there is a long list of old beta versions of ...

While Minecraft Bedrock and Java are the two most prominent versions of the game today, Pocket Edition, or PE, actually predated Bedrock. In fact, the bones of PE would eventually develop into Bedrock ...

One of the first things about Minecraft you’ll notice is needing to decide which type or version to use. Bedrock and Java exist and to the untrained eye, neither ...

Mojang's new Minecraft Java 1.21.9 update is out, and players can enhance their experience with OptiFine. This guide details how to safely download and install OptiFine, even if a stable 1.21.9 ...

This summer, Microsoft will release a beta of Minecraft: Education Edition written in C++ rather than Java, which looks like removing the performance problems associated with running the current ...

Microsoft and Mojang have announced that they will be launching an official Minecraft store where community creators can sell their content to players, whether that's adventure maps, skins or texture ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Update: The RTX open beta for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition is now live. It is not supported in the Java version. The update introduces the new Bastion ...

The snapshots for 1.18 are done as we move into a new phase of Minecraft betas for the upcoming update, and the changes are getting more technical as we go. 1.18 pre-release 2 upgrades the Java ...