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 ...

Advancements are a method of marking in-game progress that was implemented during snapshot 17w13a of Minecraft 1.12. The advancement system was added to replace the outdated, "achievements," feature ...

How a game looks is one of its most important factors, especially in an age of photo-realism and ray-tracing. So, even if you're playing one of the most aesthetically uncomplicated videogames to come ...

Part of Minecraft's charm has always been its simple, blocky, pixelated aesthetic. With more items than ever and some retextures over the years, vanilla Minecraft looks slightly less grassroots than ...

When players first spawn in a new Minecraft world, they are regular in-game characters that can walk, mine blocks, attack mobs, and more. As far as customization goes, players can only change their ...

Microsoft’s $2.5-billion purchase of “Minecraft” brought the wildly popular block-building and adventure game to new players across multiple platforms. Microsoft expanded the game beyond Xbox, added ...

Chunker is a Java application which allows you to convert Java and Bedrock Minecraft worlds. It provides a simple interface for converting worlds and allows you to upgrade and downgrade worlds between ...

// This logger is used to write text to the console and the log file. // It is considered best practice to use your mod id as the logger's name. // That way, it's clear which mod wrote info, warnings, ...

Minecraft has no limit to your imagination; you can build your own house out of whatever material you wish. You can make weapons and armour to help protect yourself from mobs. You can make ...

Minecraft has always been a game about creativity, survival, and the absolute freedom of making whatever you want in the game. But let’s face one thing – the blocky graphics might not seem pleasing to ...

The number one rule for Minecraft houses in Survival mode is to use building materials that are easy to collect. The more exotic blocks you need, the longer it’ll take to build a starter Survival ...