After installation, open CurseForge. The application should check your system for installed games that are compatible, including Minecraft: Java Edition. Click on the game's thumbnail.

Minecraft v1.16 is a part of the Nether Update, a major update in the game that added a ton of new elements. Players can update to the latest version simply through their launcher.

Keen to download Minecraft for PC and not sure where to start? We've got you. It isn't nearly as hard to do as it used to be.

How to install Minecraft Mods on PC using Forge In this article, we are going to focus on the PC version of the game, or better yet, the Java Edition of Minecraft.

Mojang Studios have announced the Minecraft PC Bundle, a package deal that will give Xbox Game Pass for PC users access to both the Java Edition and the Bedrock Edition of Minecraft.

Java Edition users of Minecraft will need Java installed. After doing that, you’ll need to download the version of Minecraft Forge that matches your server version.

Somewhat confusingly, there was an old launcher called 'Minecraft Unified Launcher', which was specifically for Windows 7 and 8 and only launched Java Edition and Minecraft Dungeons.