Minecraft: Java Edition
Minecraft: Java Edition is the renamed version of Mojang's original sandbox building game. It was simply called Minecraft until it was renamed to add Java Edition in 2017. This version of Minecraft has some major differences to the Bedrock Edition, inclu…
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Russian teenager jailed for plot to blow up FSB building in Minecraft
Five years for alleged terrorist charges.
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A cyberattack on a Minecraft tournament took down the internet of a small country
Creepers in the village.
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Microsoft warns of security vulnerability in Minecraft Java
Users must update now to secure their game.
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Minecraft's long-awaited Caves & Cliffs: Part 2 update arrives later this month
Some features including archaeology "put on hold".
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Minecraft's big The Wild Update detailed, due 2022
PC games consolidated into one launcher, coming to Game Pass.
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Mobs announced for fan vote ahead of Minecraft Live
UPDATE: All potential mobs have now been announced.
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Feature | Pride Week: Hunky Dads & Voxel Flags - Video Games and Our Queer Future
How games can help us imagine a queerer world.
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Minecraft has split off and delayed parts of its big Caves & Cliffs update
Some features pushed back until year end.
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Most of us won't be able to visit Super Nintendo World, so someone's making it in Minecraft
The remake hopes to have "3D models of every unique design this land has to offer".
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Minecraft's Nether Update finally makes its hell dimension more habitable
While its mountain upgrade "will happen soon".
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Russian teenager jailed for plot to blow up FSB building in Minecraft
Five years for alleged terrorist charges.
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A cyberattack on a Minecraft tournament took down the internet of a small country
Creepers in the village.
-
Microsoft warns of security vulnerability in Minecraft Java
Users must update now to secure their game.
-
Minecraft's long-awaited Caves & Cliffs: Part 2 update arrives later this month
Some features including archaeology "put on hold".
-
Minecraft's big The Wild Update detailed, due 2022
PC games consolidated into one launcher, coming to Game Pass.
-
Mobs announced for fan vote ahead of Minecraft Live
UPDATE: All potential mobs have now been announced.
-
Minecraft has split off and delayed parts of its big Caves & Cliffs update
Some features pushed back until year end.
-
Most of us won't be able to visit Super Nintendo World, so someone's making it in Minecraft
The remake hopes to have "3D models of every unique design this land has to offer".
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Minecraft's Nether Update finally makes its hell dimension more habitable
While its mountain upgrade "will happen soon".
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Microsoft working to maintain Xbox Live amid "unprecedented demand"
As educational content made free in Minecraft.
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Students hold graduation in Minecraft after their real-life ceremony got cancelled
Thinking outside the box.
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Reporters Without Borders launches virtual anti-censorship library in Minecraft
Containing censored works from around the world.
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Mojang revives old MineCon live event format for this year's Minecraft Festival
Taking place in Florida this September.
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Minecraft is letting players vote for the biome they want to see spruced up next
Mountains! Badlands! Swamp?
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Minecraft has acquired another 20 million monthly players in the last year
Stealing Roblox's lead once more.
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PewDiePie becomes the world's first solo creator to hit 100m subscribers
"What a month to celebrate and congratulate PewDiePie," says YouTube.
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Minecraft's annual MineCon livestream event gets a September airdate
And you can vote on a new biome.
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You can explore Minecraft's 10-year history in a massive new interactive in-game museum
Free on PC, Xbox One, Switch, and mobile.
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Minecraft's ocean-expanding Update Aquatic is out now on Xbox One and PC
Switch, PS4, and older platforms coming later.
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Minecraft's new cross-platform edition launches today, but without Nintendo Switch
Plus, details on which DLC will transfer.
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Behold the Minecraft grass block-themed Xbox One S
UPDATE: Exclusive to Argos and Sainsbury's, priced £350.
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MineCon ditches real world expo in favour of a livestream
Mojang will host "Official Minecraft Community Events" instead.
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Sony defends decision to block PS4 cross-play with Xbox One and Nintendo Switch
"We've got to be mindful of our responsibility to our install base."
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Government "behaviour tsar" isn't a fan of Minecraft: "We need to drain the swamp of gimmicks"
We're going to build a wall.
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Minecraft console editions finally get polar bears, beets and banners
Paid-for Chinese Mythology Pack also announced.
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London's burning, London's burning - in Minecraft!
Great Fire history project reaches the all important stage two.
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Minecraft movie gets a release date... in 2019
"We all want an awesome Minecraft movie, right?" asks Mojang, rhetorically.
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Minecraft will no longer allow companies to promote products in-game
But fans can still pay tribute to their outside interests.
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Northern Ireland's government recreates its country in Minecraft
Ordnance Survey replicates nearly 14,000 square kilometers.
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Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition beta announced, free to existing PC players
Upcoming features include dual-wielding, shields, southpaw support.
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Minecraft console version update adds stained glass, trapdoors
LittleBigPlanet Mash-up pack coming to PS4.
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Feature | Pride Week: Hunky Dads & Voxel Flags - Video Games and Our Queer Future
How games can help us imagine a queerer world.
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Feature | Games of the Decade: Minecraft is a masterclass in accessibility and community
Nether gonna give you up.
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Feature | 10 years on and 20 more to go - Mojang on the present and future of Minecraft
"It's like a never ending game."
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Feature | The man who dared call educational Minecraft a "gimmick"
Do games belong in the classroom?
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Feature | Minecraft, architecture and the trouble with children
From the archive: A tale of trouble and Le Corbusier.
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Feature | Have traditional MMOs had their time?
And what do we make of the shared-world games and MOBAs that have risen up to replace them?
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Feature | Learn to Play: Minecraft in the classroom
Eurogamer discovers how a New York school is using games for good.
