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Minecraft Java tests friends list and peer-to-peer multiplayer

Major multiplayer upgrade: Minecraft Java Edition Snapshot 7 introduces a Friends List and direct peer-to-peer world joining, ending the need for private servers in many cases. Bedrock parity boost: ...
TheGamer on MSN

Minecraft Java finally lets you invite friends to single-player worlds

17 years after launching into early access, Minecraft Java finally has a friends list, allowing easier multiplayer in local ...

Minecraft Java Edition is getting peer-to-peer multiplayer support from Mojang

Minecraft Java Edition players won't always need to host or rent servers for multiplayer soon, as Mojang is adding the option ...
The Boston Globe

Giant Tetris game lights up MIT building windows: ‘One of the things we love’

For MIT “hack” enthusiasts, things fell right into place Sunday night at the university’s Cecil and Ida Green Building. Against the night sky, the tower’s 153 windows facing the Charles River were ...
Sportskeeda

Minecraft Actions and Stuff add-on 1.10 update adds Tiny Takeover features, new cherry biome mob variants, and more

Tiny Takeover game drop and various other new features finally arrive in the Minecraft Actions and Stuff add-on 1.10 update. After every game drop by Mojang, Oreville Studios worked hard and released ...
PCGamesN

Minecraft's powerful new mob just arrived in Java, and I can't wait to see what players build

The Minecraft Chaos Cubed update has just landed on the Java side of the sandbox game, and I'm already eager to see what the wealth of inventive Minecraft creators and modders can do with its ...
CNET

You Can Still Get Windows 10 Security Updates for Free. Here's the Trick

The era of Windows 10 support ended on Oct. 14 of last year. After more than a decade, Microsoft is prioritizing updates for the latest OS, Windows 11, and has thus stopped providing security updates ...
tech2geek

Minecraft Launcher for Windows 10 and 11: How to Download, Install, and Use It

Minecraft remains one of the most popular video games in the world, attracting millions of players across different platforms. For PC gamers, Microsoft has simplified the experience by introducing a ...
techworm.net

Minecraft: Java Edition To Replace OpenGL With Vulkan

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 ...
TechSpot

Minecraft Java Edition is finally moving from OpenGL to multi-threaded Vulkan

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 ...
Game Rant

Minecraft Gives Update on Vibrant Visuals for Java Edition

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 ...