Mojang has officially kicked off the pre-release phase for Minecraft Java Edition 26.2, and the first pre-release has now been made available. You can now expect mostly bug fixes as the team prepares ...

After 15 long years of waiting, multiplayer finally received a much-needed upgrade for the Java Edition of Minecraft. Thanks to the handy friends list feature, playing with friends is finally easy to ...

Minecraft Java finally has a multiplayer peer-to-peer feature, allowing you to easily play with your friends on your single-player worlds. This option was in Bedrock Edition for several years, and has ...

To add friends in Minecraft Java Edition, you first need to download Minecraft 26.2 snapshot 7, since this feature first dropped in that snapshot. If you are reading this at a later date, the feature ...

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 ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. While it might seem like a brand new Minecraft map is random, ...

Minecraft, one of the world’s most popular and enduring video games, has captured the imaginations of millions. The game offers endless possibilities for creativity and exploration through its ...

The Java ecosystem has historically been blessed with great IDEs to work with, including NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ from JetBrains. However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor ...

Minecraft has been a raging success since Mojang released it in 2011. And its continued popularity means that many folks who’ve heard great things about it may really want to try out this sandbox ...

A free open-source tool called Arnis is turning real-world locations into fully playable Minecraft maps, letting players explore their own neighborhoods block by block using real geographic data.

Minecraft remains one of the most popular video games in the world, attracting millions of players across different platforms. For PC gamers, Microsoft has simplified the experience by introducing a ...

Chunker is a Java application which allows you to convert Java and Bedrock Minecraft worlds. It provides a simple interface for converting worlds and allows you to upgrade and downgrade worlds between ...