Java Minecraft starts at about $28, and Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta will run you about $10 while it's still in beta stage. That's quite a deal, especially since parity is planned for all ...

Minecraft China Edition is a specialized version of Minecraft that was developed in collaboration with Chinese software conglomerate NetEase specifically for the Chinese domestic market.

Minecraft Windows 10 Edition is both a continuation of the classic Minecraft experience on PCs and very different in some ways. Here's what you need to know about the game.

Minecraft Java Edition Java Edition is MInecraft's oldest iteration (Image via Mojang) Java Edition was the first version released by Mojang Studios, all the way back in 2011.

There are many choices of what version of Minecraft to get - the free version, the Java versions and the Bedrock edition. But what makes them different?

Of the two versions of Minecraft available to download, Java and Bedrock, which is the better choice? The answer lies in these distinctions.

Minecraft: Java Edition is the renamed version of Mojang's original sandbox building game. It was simply called Minecraft until it was renamed to add Java Edition in 2017.

Minecraft: Education Edition also builds on and extends the Windows 10 version of Minecraft. This is based on the Pocket Edition of Minecraft (MCPE), which is written in C++, not in Java.

Of course user-created content like this has been available for the Java version - or OG Minecraft - since 2011, this is the first time that Windows 10 and Pocket Edition users will be able to ...

If you missed your chance the first time around, Mojang has allowed more players to redeem their free copy of Minecraft on Windows 10 if they already own the Java Edition.