JDK 26 enhancements: The latest Java release adds HTTP/3 support, structured concurrency, lazy constants, and runtime optimizations, alongside the removal of the Applet API. Minecraft multiplayer leap ...

Mojang is scaling back expectations for its next major Minecraft update. The studio recently confirmed a significant feature removal for the Java Edition 26.2 pre-release that changes how players ...

Minecraft has changed a lot since its early days, but one thing has stayed surprisingly consistent. Survival Multiplayer, better known as SMP, continues to be one of the most popular ways to ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. How do you play with your friends in Minecraft? It all depends which ...

The first Minecraft 26.2 pre-release is here for Java Edition, but there's some bad news if you've been taking advantage of the sandbox game's new peer-to-peer multiplayer, which was implemented in a ...

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 ...

Tyler Shipley is an editor for GameRant who has been writing for the team since 2021. Tyler has a degree in English from the University of Toledo. Some of his favorite games are platformers, but he ...

"Minecraft" long-term goals transform a simple survival start into expansive civilizations spanning hundreds of hours. World ideas like mega bases, biome-spanning districts, and automated farms let ...

Minecraft: Java Edition is the original version of the game for computers, while Bedrock is a newer version available on nearly every device.