Mods have become a staple for plenty of avid gamers worldwide, as they can enhance any game’s most iconic traits while bettering potential shortcomings. Minecraft’s Bedrock edition makes modding a bit ...

Minecraft Chaos Cubed update is live today as Java Edition 26.2 and Bedrock Edition 26.30. The release adds Sulfur Caves, a block-absorbing mob with eight physics archetypes, a native Java friends ...

Minecraft Java Edition 26.2 — officially named Chaos Cubed — is scheduled to launch on June 16, 2026, bringing with it a new underground biome, a mob with a physics-simulation twist, an experimental ...

With time, people have developed a large number of mods to increase the optimization of Minecraft. Perhaps, the most important one in this category is OptiFine. OptiFine not only improves the ...

Steadfast is a remarkably fast and unobtrusive shader pack with exceptional attention-to-detail. Easy on the eyes and on your computer, Steadfast massively improves the graphical quality and realism ...

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 ...

Electrical Age: Re-Wired is a 1.12.2 port of the mod Electrical Age, an attempt to bring it to more modern version of Minecraft. But here's a brief description: Electrical Age is a Minecraft Mod ...

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 ...

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 ...

Minecraft Java recently announced a series of changes, including a much-needed transition from OpenGL to Vulkan. However, the new graphics API will significantly improve performance and graphical ...

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 ...

Work continues for the Vibrant Visuals update to come to Minecraft Java, and as part of that they're switching the rendering from OpenGL to Vulkan. Announced today (February 18th) by Mojang developers ...