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 ...

Advancements are a method of marking in-game progress that was implemented during snapshot 17w13a of Minecraft 1.12. The advancement system was added to replace the outdated, "achievements," feature ...

How a game looks is one of its most important factors, especially in an age of photo-realism and ray-tracing. So, even if you're playing one of the most aesthetically uncomplicated videogames to come ...

Part of Minecraft's charm has always been its simple, blocky, pixelated aesthetic. With more items than ever and some retextures over the years, vanilla Minecraft looks slightly less grassroots than ...

These Xbox 360 Games helped transform gaming into what it is today in several innovative ways that players today may not appreciate.

When players first spawn in a new Minecraft world, they are regular in-game characters that can walk, mine blocks, attack mobs, and more. As far as customization goes, players can only change their ...

Minecraft is a game that has been taking the world by storm for well over a decade now, yet it feels as though it has been a part of our lives and our gaming histories for as long as we can remember.

Sunday saw us thrash Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 for the second time this season in the Premier League in a fierce north London derby. Ebere Eze continued his incredible form against Spurs with two goals ...

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 ...