When you want to pause Minecraft Java Edition, you usually press escape, which takes you to the standard pause menu with buttons to get into settings, resume the game, save and exit, etc. While this ...

The best horror Minecraft mods can transform the vanilla world into a terrifying universe, adding an array of new content and hostile mobs that spice up the gameplay. With hundreds of new packs coming ...

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 ...

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 ...

Minecraft is entering a new era in 2026. With the launch of Minecraft Java 26.1, Mojang is not just releasing another content patch — it’s introducing a new yearly versioning system and laying down ...

Animated Java is a plugin for Blockbench that allows you to create custom animations and models for Vanilla Minecraft. It uses the power of Java Edition's Data Pack and Resource Pack systems to bring ...

"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 ...

The length of a Minecraft day is 20 minutes in real time. Minecraft measures time in ticks. One tick lasts for 0.05 real time seconds. So, one real time second contains 20 in-game ticks. Many ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. There's a free new Minecraft game being developed for mobile in partnership with King--the creators of Candy Crush Saga--but most players won't be ...

It's not every day we get a new Minecraft game, yet developer Mojang has just quietly snuck one out into early playtesting. Minecraft Blast has been built for mobile devices in collaboration with King ...

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 ...