James Ratcliff joined Game Rant 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 ...

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 ...

A new Minecraft update has just brought the third game drop of 2026 into its final stretch. The first pre-release build of Minecraft patch 26.3 has just landed on Java edition, and while there are a ...

While the Java Edition of Xbox and Mojang Studios' sandbox survival game megahit Minecraft came before the Bedrock Edition available on consoles and the Xbox on PC app, it's actually missing a few ...

Mojang Studios announced Tuesday it will eliminate code obfuscation in Minecraft: Java Edition, marking a significant shift in how the company distributes the game to its modding community. The change ...

Minecraft now requires more memory, faster processors, and more capable graphics cards to run smoothly. Mojang Studios has updated the PC system requirements for Minecraft–specifically for the Java ...