Minecraft's Chaos Cubed update is out, but OptiFine isn't ready yet. The popular mod is still catching up to an older version, meaning a 26.2 release is months away. Players seeking performance boosts ...

Mojang recently released a brand new friends list feature for Minecraft Java Edition. Previously, only Bedrock Edition gave you the option to send friend requests and add friends to the game. This ...

To add friends in Minecraft Java Edition, you first need to download Minecraft 26.2 snapshot 7, since this feature first dropped in that snapshot. If you are reading this at a later date, the feature ...

Minecraft Bedrock 26.30.25/26 beta and preview has arrived recently, and the new release introduces a variety of new content from the game’s upcoming Chaos Cubed update. Some of the major highlights ...

Minecraft Bedrock 26.30.27 beta and preview were made available on May 6, 2026, and it has brought in several patches and fixes to the features that were introduced ...

Minecraft updates are often exciting events, introducing new mobs, game mechanics or hidden Easter eggs. But Minecraft Java Edition 26.1.1 takes a different approach; it's a small, straightforward ...

The Java ecosystem has historically been blessed with great IDEs to work with, including NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ from JetBrains. However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor ...

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 ...

I can't stand opening the Microsoft Store. It's slow to load, confusing to browse, and full of ads for things I don't care about. Luckily, thanks to a new feature, I don't have to open the Microsoft ...

Minecraft’s copper golems are a sloppy player’s dream. Got a base cluttered with small stacks of ores and tools? Too lazy to store your resources in the appropriate location? This tidy fellow will fix ...

To install Java on Windows and run Java apps on Microsoft’s operating system, you need to obtain a copy of the Java Development Toolkit (JDK) installation media. The JDK includes both a Java Runtime ...