Although there are two versions of Minecraft, they're now sold as a package deal and are more equivalent to one another than ever. Unlike in the past, you cannot screw things up by purchasing the ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Update: The RTX open beta for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition is now live. It is not supported in the Java version. The update introduces the new Bastion ...

The creativity of the Minecraft community knows no bounds. Not content with the usual 3D version of the game, YouTuber SethBling has created his own, playable 2D ...

Xbox boss Phil Spencer blames Sony for the lack of a native PlayStation 5 version of Minecraft. During today's portion of the Microsoft FTC trial, Spencer claimed Sony was hesitant to give Microsoft ...

This summer, Microsoft will release a beta of Minecraft: Education Edition written in C++ rather than Java, which looks like removing the performance problems associated with running the current ...

Minecraft: Education Edition makes its way to the iPad. (Microsoft Photo) Just in time for back-to-school, “Minecraft: Education Edition” is coming to Apple’s iPad. And also for the first time, a set ...

Any school can now set its students loose in the blocky virtual world. It's still in testing but the final version is due in September. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

A "Minecraft" player just built a virtual computer that actually runs programs inside the video gaming tile after a seven-month-long process. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 03: Lydia Winters (L) and Saxs ...

You can’t finish a building if you don’t have all the bricks you need. And you can’t complete a video game catalogue unless you have every installment of a ...

Sad that the mobile version lacks the flexibility of the PC version? Cheer up. Microsoft is bringing power tools -- command blocks and modding -- to Minecraft for phones and tablets. Stephen Shankland ...

There’s a reason the New York Times calls them “The Minecraft Generation.” Today’s kids and teens have been raised on the game, cutting their teeth on survival mode and moving on to creating complex, ...

Breeding villagers in Minecraft was a tad easier in past versions of the game, but today, only a few more steps are needed to give yourself a squad of the helpful traders. Here’s how to breed ...