Minecraft: Java Edition is made better with mods, and we have everything you need to know to install and play with mods on Windows PCs.

The game was never unplayable on other platforms, but players would sometimes wait months to see features that the Java Edition had already been enjoying. Minecraft needed to evolve.

Six whole years after Microsoft acquired Mojang, Minecraft: Java Edition has remained distinct from the Windows 10 / Bedrock version. The former is still the best way to play Minecraft if you want ...

To install Java on Windows and run Java apps on Microsoft’s operating system, you need to obtain a copy of the Java Development Toolkit (JDK) installation media. The JDK includes both a Java Runtime ...

Minecraft is perhaps the most prominent Java video game on the market today. Its popularity attracts players from around the world, but also opens the door to the Java programming language, and could ...