If you've been running a server or tinkering with mods for years, the landscape of Minecraft in 2026 feels different—more robust, but also more complex. With PaperMC's decisive hard fork from Spigot, ...

For years, Minecraft modders have tolerated the dreaded 'shader stutter'—those micro-freezes when the GPU compiles lighting effects in real-time. But in 2026, the convergence of Iris Shaders' ...

Minecraft Java Edition is finally getting a native Friends List and peer-to-peer multiplayer, letting players join each other’s worlds without setting up a server, Realms, or relying on third-party ...

The Minecraft peer-to-peer Java Edition update adds a new way to connect, and a friends list feature that makes keeping track ...

Mark Sammut grew up on the PlayStation 1 and has been playing games ever since, although he is no longer limited to just Sony consoles. Be it JRPGs, shooters, platformers, or hack and slash games, ...

Gaming on a budget isn’t too tough for most players who prefer a controller, even with the ever-increasing spread of high-end gamepads available. Finding a controller for cheap has always been a bit ...