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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Work continues for the Vibrant Visuals update to come to Minecraft Java, and as part of that they're switching the rendering from OpenGL to Vulkan. Announced today (February 18th) by Mojang developers ...

You Can Now Get Minecraft Bedrock And Java Together For Only $20 That's 33% off with today's deal, but you'd better axe, uh, we mean act fast because the savings won't last.

Minecraft has just unveiled some of the first features coming to its next game drop, and it's made me all warm and gooey inside. Clearly wanting to start 2026 by tackling the most important tasks ...

What if you could turn a simple photo into a fully realized 3D model, all without spending a dime? Below, Matthew Berman takes you through how SAM 3D, an open source platform from Meta, is ...

Every Minecraft player loves to customize their world a bit, but when it comes to speed and performance, nothing beats those made exclusively for Fabric. Fabric is a staple mod-loader for players who ...

You can get capes through official events, skin packs, or by contributing to Minecraft in Bedrock edition. In Java Edition, you can get capes by applying for official events and through some amazing ...

This is my first published mod after only ~1 month of modding experience, but I tried my absolute hardest to make it the best I can. I've decided that I want to work on other projects and will likely ...

Copilot 3D will turn your 2D images into 3D models. The tool is freely available to anyone, though you do need a Microsoft account. Microsoft suggests using an image with a single subject, even ...