After more than 16 years, Minecraft: Java Edition is finally moving away from the aging OpenGL graphics system and upgrading to Vulkan, a modern multi-threaded rendering API. The change, announced by ...

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 ...

There is a long and frustrating history behind the development of the game Hytale. Mentioning the very name used to be cause for groups of Minecraft fans to break out into hushed murmurs. Now, after ...

You Can Now Get Minecraft Bedrock And Java Together For Only $20 That's 33% off with today's deal, but you'd better axe, uh, we mean act fast because the savings won't last.

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...

In Hytale, you have a whole world to explore. There are different zones, each divided into biomes where diverse lifeforms can be found. While venturing into a new zone, you may discover the remains of ...

Build my own Minecraft Server Clone. The idea would be to be it's completely custom code, not using Java, it would then run with really efficient performance. Server plugins would also be able to be ...

Minecraft Java snapshots will now use a new version numbering system starting with Minecraft 26.1. The latest snapshot also brings a balanced villager trading system and a revamped lighting system. A ...