Minecraft, created by Markus "Notch" Persson long before it became the most successful game of all time and a $2bn payday to Microsoft, was written in Java. Notch obfuscated the code to prevent others ...

Minecraft Live returned for 2023 and brought with it some big announcements, including a new Star Wars DLC that takes players from padawan to Jedi knight, Planet Earth III DLC, a ton of new features ...

How do you test the latest Minecraft features? These snapshots are testing grounds for new Minecraft updates, providing Mojang with a way to introduce new blocks, biomes, and mobs before officially ...

With Black History Month underway, Mojang has announced the newest addition to Minecraft’s educational content offerings. The “Lessons in Good Trouble” DLC is all about the Civil Rights movement, both ...

Oracle announced a language server tool for Java developers using Visual Studio Code to provide language-specific "smarts" in the super-popular, open source-based, cross-platform code editor. The new ...

Minecraft is a phenomenon that continues to take the world by storm even 12 years after its full release. Selling over 238,000,000 copies worldwide, the game is just as captivating an experience now ...

While the answer is a little bit more complicated, the quick answer is that Minecraft is cross-platform across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS, and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Mojang's sandbox game pivoted from one large update to four smaller drops per year over two years ago now. With the second game drop of 2026, Chaos ...

When is Minecraft Live 2026? As the spiritual successor to Minecon, Mojang's bi-annual livestream event is a major landmark on the Minecraft community calendar. It covers the latest content updates, ...