Minecraft is releasing a new Snapshot to the Java Edition that's available now. The Java Edition of Minecraft is the oldest and biggest version of Minecraft. It gets updated regularly, and experiments ...

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Six whole years after Microsoft acquired Mojang, Minecraft: Java Edition has remained distinct from the Windows 10 / Bedrock version. The former is still the best way to play Minecraft if you want to ...

With Minecraft’s new ray-traced visual overhaul now live in beta, Microsoft’s offer for a free upgrade of the game is coming to a close. Players who own the original Java version of Minecraft have ...

Mojang Studios is working on the 1.19.1 patch update for Minecraft: Java Edition. The update will include dozens of fixes and improvements, and even some new features. On Friday, the studio released ...

Titled Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC, the newly merged version “will become the standard and only offering of vanilla Minecraft on Windows PC,” according to Mojang’s announcement. While the ...

High above the forest floor, three figures run stiffly across a rope bridge. The bridge is long and appears to sag under its own weight, but it doesn't buckle or break. Instead, it carries its ...

The game has existed in two separately developed versions since its 2011 launch on consoles. Previously, the original Minecraft: Java Edition used Mojang accounts, while Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, ...

Correction: Microsoft was in touch this afternoon through a spokesperson to clarify that the movement of accounts is only for people who use the Java edition of MineCraft. There are different versions ...

If you play the Java version of Minecraft, you’re going to want to update it immediately. That’s because Microsoft warned players on Friday of a serious security risk in the game. The “vulnerability ...