Minecraft has no native gamepad support on Java. Existing solutions ship 7k+ lines of code and load 4 controller layouts even if you only own one stick. BetterController does one job — make a gamepad ...

Minecraft Java Edition finally debuts a built-in Friends list feature. Players can invite friends to join their world without servers or Realms. This feature works similarly to the Bedrock Edition ...

Mojang is currently working on the next major Minecraft content update, Chaos Cubed, and that means public testing is ongoing via the snapshot system. The latest update to the Minecraft Java Edition ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Minecraft Java snapshots will now use a new version numbering system starting with Minecraft 26.1. The latest snapshot also brings a balanced villager trading system and a revamped lighting system. A ...

Backbone today announced the Backbone Pro Xbox Edition controller, which features a classic green transparent design inspired by Xbox. “The Backbone Pro Xbox Edition is our next generation controller ...

Jo Craig (they/them) is a writer on Game Rant from Scotland and has been in the industry for nearly a decade dissecting comic book movie trailers for hours and diving headfirst into horror. They still ...

Minecraft Bedrock Edition can no longer be played with virtual reality headsets. As spotted by PCWorld, the latest update for the cross-platform version of the game has dropped support for both ...

Mojang has confirmed it will cease supporting virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) for Minecraft across all platforms by March 2025. The company announced this change in their latest update ...