Countless Minecraft fans are familiar with Optifine, a mod for Java Edition that makes a sizable collection of graphical improvements but primarily optimizes the game's engine. However, sometimes ...

Jack Peachey is a features writer who's worked at Dualshockers and Game Rant. An animation nerd, his favourite games don't have a genre in common as much as they all have pretty pictures. When not ...

Minecraft Java has always had a better modding scene than Bedrock Edition. This is because players have so much more freedom when adding content to Java, whereas any Bedrock content was limited to ...

Mojang states that its ongoing effort to bring Vibrant Visuals to the Java Edition will mandate a change that players should note down.

Although Mojang has not provided a precise timeline for transitioning Minecraft to Vulkan, players and modders can begin testing the new renderer in Java Edition in ...

Now, with Vulkan on the horizon, Minecraft: Java Edition is finally stepping into a modern graphics era. For a title that continues to thrive years after launch, the Vulkan upgrade signals that even ...