The Entertainment Software Association, in its infinite wisdom, has told a California Senate committee that private and community servers are illegal and amount to piracy.

Chaos Cubed adds sulfur caves, TNT mischief, fantasy add-ons, and a Realms Plus trial through Twitch and TikTok creator ...

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 ...

Looking to join friends in Meccha Chameleon? Here's how to create a server, invite players, and understand the game's crossplay support.

The first Minecraft 26.2 pre-release is here for Java Edition, but there's some bad news if you've been taking advantage of the sandbox game's new peer-to-peer multiplayer, which was implemented in a ...

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 ...

Minecraft's Java Edition has long been the go-to for PC players, owing to how moddable it is in comparison to its Bedrock counterpart. However, getting a clean multiplayer experience has long ...

Minecraft Java Edition is finally getting a native Friends List and peer-to-peer multiplayer, letting players join each other’s worlds without setting up a server, Realms, or relying on third-party ...

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