Minecraft players are combining PC cooling adjustments like custom BIOS fan curves with optimized texture packs to improve frame rates and stability. Hardware airflow tuning and reduced‑load resource ...

Minecraft can feel smoother and more responsive with the right FPS-boosting texture packs. These lightweight packs optimize visuals, reduce lag, and preserve the game’s original style. Paired with ...

When is Minecraft Live 2026? As the spiritual successor to Minecon, Mojang's bi-annual livestream event is a major landmark on the Minecraft community calendar. It covers the latest content updates, ...

Here is the complete list of all blocks the Sulfur Cube mob can eat in Minecraft, including the archetypes or attributes that ...

Minecraft 26.2 Snapshot 6 brings new Sulfur Cube archetypes, updates the Sulfur Caves, and adds support for new languages.

UPDATE: As expected, Minecraft is getting a raft of new features to make use of the copper resource — including the long-awaited debut of copper golems. Minecraft will now let you craft copper tools ...

In the latest Minecraft 26.2 snapshot 1, Mojang introduced the Vulkan rendering API to Java Edition. One of the main reasons why the developers decided to shift to Vulkan is that OpenGL stopped ...

Forward-looking: Intel is pitching a new way to pack game textures that leans heavily on neural networks but still nods to traditional block compression. The company's Texture Set Neural Compression, ...

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Mojang's sandbox game pivoted from one large update to four smaller drops per year over two years ago now. With the second game drop of 2026, Chaos ...