Mojang recently released a brand new friends list feature for Minecraft Java Edition. Previously, only Bedrock Edition gave you the option to send friend requests and add friends to the game. This ...

To add friends in Minecraft Java Edition, you first need to download Minecraft 26.2 snapshot 7, since this feature first dropped in that snapshot. If you are reading this at a later date, the feature ...

Minecraft's Java Edition has long been the go-to for PC players, owing to how moddable it is in comparison to its Bedrock counterpart. However, getting a clean multiplayer experience has long ...

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 best Minecraft server hosting modpacks in 2026 come down to Apex Hosting. It gives the clearest path from payment to a live modded world: one-click pack installs, regular offsite backups, DDoS ...

The Java ecosystem has historically been blessed with great IDEs to work with, including NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ from JetBrains. However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor ...

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 Game Rant 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 ...

One of the largest and most popular Minecraft multiplayer servers is Hypixel. Here, players can play tons of mini-games such as Bed-wars, Skyblock, Murder Mystery, and more. All you need to do is ...

Fans of the wildly popular video game Minecraft woke up to bad news Wednesday morning. Despite releasing in 2009, Majong’s blocky building-and-survival game is still played by thousands of gamers ...