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 ...

Stephen is an avid Nintendo, Indie, and retro gamer of 30 years who dabbles in Xbox, mainly in the form of binge sessions of Overwatch. He's a history buff, an aspiring writer of short fiction, and a ...

While Minecraft's Java Edition has existed since the game's earliest days, Bedrock Edition's earliest iteration came along in 2011. Both editions of the game have been enjoyed for over a decade, but ...

Maybe you wanted to buy Minecraft for yourself or your kids, but quickly found yourself asking the same question over and over: Java Edition or Bedrock Edition? For years, this debate has puzzled both ...

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 ...

Minecraft has sold north of 200 million copies in the decade since it launched. Not only that, but the block-busting blockbuster is the first property to rack up more than a trillion views for its ...

Minecraft was first created using Java programming language. However, as many devices didn't support Java and had performance issues, developers created another version for all other devices and ...

There are two major versions of Minecraft, one of which is available only for computers, and the other of which can be played on nearly every device. Minecraft: Java Edition is the original version of ...

Part of Minecraft's charm has always been its simple, blocky, pixelated aesthetic. With more items than ever and some retextures over the years, vanilla Minecraft looks slightly less grassroots than ...

As one of the most popular and bestselling games ever made, Minecraft has something that can appeal to just about everyone. The game can be a virtual Lego set for one person, a tool to create complex ...