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.

California's Protect Our Games Act, which would have required publishers to provide remedies when ending support for paid ...

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'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 ...

From Warren Spector (studio director, Deus Ex and Thief: Deadly Shadows), Paul Neurath (executive producer, Thief: The Dark Project and Thief: The Metal Age), Greg Lopiccolo (game designer, Thief: ...

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 ...

An arrest has been made more than a year after a deadly carjacking in Deer Park. Suffolk police say Jason Buttchampagne was arrested Monday, accused of killing Donald Klune in December 2024 after ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. How do you play with your friends in Minecraft? It all depends which ...

The Trump administration is considering a rule that, if approved, would cut monthly federal benefits meant to support disabled adults and indigent older people who live with family members. ProPublica ...

Minecraft has changed a lot since its early days, but one thing has stayed surprisingly consistent. Survival Multiplayer, better known as SMP, continues to be one of the most popular ways to ...

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 ...