The arrival of Minecraft 26.1 in March 2026 brought major changes to the modding landscape, including the removal of obfuscation and new API standards that demand a fresh approach to modpack building.

Minecraft Java Edition 1.21, officially known as the Tricky Trials update (often colloquially linked to the Armadillo mob), has arrived with significant changes to world generation and map APIs. While ...

While the answer is a little bit more complicated, the quick answer is that Minecraft is cross-platform across PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, PC, iOS, and ...

Maddy Buxton, Culture & Trends manager at YouTube, discusses how creators and digital animation on the platform are global, fan-driven, popular among young adults, and driving innovation and ...

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 ...

Claude Code and Nano Banana 2 are AI-driven frameworks designed to simplify the creation of 3D scrolling animations for websites. Nano Banana 2 focuses on generating consistent key frames, while ...

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 ...

James Ratcliff joined GameRant 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 a ...

Some new Material 3 Expressive animations in the Google Play Store are rolling out now. The shape of the download progress ring around the app icons is changing, as is the loading icon when switching ...

Minecraft has a charm of its own, but you can further level it up with a few animation mods. Whether it’s making the combat moves smoother, making every mob livelier and expressive, or adding ...