The arrival of Minecraft 26.1 in March 2026 brought major changes to the modding landscape, including the removal of obfuscation and new API standards that demand a fresh approach to modpack building.

AI-powered Minecraft modding platforms now let players create complex mods in minutes without coding, using natural language prompts to produce functional Fabric mods and gameplay features. These ...

Microsoft and Code.org have come together to debut Minecraft Designer, a free tutorial for students aged 6 and up that uses the Minecraft environment to teach coding. Minecraft Designer is a free, ...

What should have been a routine release has revealed some of the features Anthropic has been working on for Claude Code. As reported by Ars Technica, The Verge and others, after the company released ...

The Java ecosystem has historically been blessed with great IDEs to work with, including NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ from JetBrains. However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor ...

A global malware distribution network has been dismantled by authorities in Thanh Hoa, with the ringleader identified as a 12th-grade student. The group is accused of infecting more than 94,000 ...

The Minecraft 26.1 update for Java Edition is out now. The much-awaited Tiny Takeover game drop introduces overhauled baby mobs, golden dandelions, and more. Additionally, it addresses persistent ...

The Uncensored Library, a digital project that chronicles attacks on journalistic liberty, is adding a U.S. wing alongside those dedicated to Russia, Saudi Arabia and others. By Will Bahr I’m standing ...

Microsoft’s $2.5-billion purchase of “Minecraft” brought the wildly popular block-building and adventure game to new players across multiple platforms. Microsoft expanded the game beyond Xbox, added ...

After more than 16 years, Minecraft: Java Edition is finally moving away from the aging OpenGL graphics system and upgrading to Vulkan, a modern multi-threaded rendering API. The change, announced by ...

James Ratcliff joined GameRant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is a ...