Microsoft subsidiary Mojang Studios has raised the minimum and recommended system requirements for Minecraft: Java Edition. This is the first major system requirements update in approximately 17 years ...

Winners & losers: For the first time in nearly two decades, Mojang has announced a significant change in Minecraft's hardware requirements, a rare move for one of the biggest gaming products in ...

With Minecraft: Java Edition getting a big rendering upgrade with Vulkan, it was time for the system requirements to get adjusted. The game is now 17+ years old, and their previous recommendations ...

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Microsoft is officially saying that 4GB is just isn’t enough for Minecraft anymore – 16GB is the way it should be in 2026. According to the official blog post, they mentioned the updated requirements ...

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A native Minecraft port on Switch 2 has a lot of potential, if Mojang really put that effort into it. Minecraft may be jumping onto a new platform soon. The ESRB has published a new rating for ...

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 ...

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