"Minecraft" offers cross-platform play for both versions of the game — Bedrock and Java — but you can only play with users who own the same version.

Minecraft: Java Edition is the original version of the game for computers, while Bedrock is a newer version available on nearly every device.

The wild success of Minecraft didn't come without its problems, one of which was that the original game was coded in Java. This is still the version some players prefer, for a laundry list of reasons, ...

Minecraft: Java Edition 1.19.1 is gearing up for a release early next week, if testing continues to progress well. The upcoming patch update will introduce allay duplication, chat reporting, various ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Mojang has announced that Minecraft's separate PC versions will finally be coming together in a bundle releasing on June 7. The new bundle, aptly ...

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This week, Slipknot founding member Shawn “Clown” Crahan announced his very own Minecraft Realm server called “Vernearth”, which will be available for Minecraft Java players (version 1.21.4) later ...

The Wild Update is the next planned content update for Minecraft, and is expected to arrive at some point in 2022. On Thursday, Mojang Studios finally released the first proper The Wild Update ...