Minecraft is known for its blocky textures and to-the-point goals. However, players may want to stem from vanilla Minecraft, through mods that are off the wall and crazy or more natural and realistic ...

It's been 16 years since Minecraft launched, but the modding community is proving the game isn't just surviving—it's thriving. As of May 2026, a wave of new texture packs and optimization mods is ...

A few months ago I wrote a story about ray tracing-style effects through the use of path tracing in Minecraft with incredible results, but I feel like the game has taken another gigantic leap in the ...

Andrew is a freelance writer from UK who specialises in video game news. He has written for What Culture, Rock Paper Shotgun, and PCGamesN. In 2023, he finally caved and bought an Xbox Series X. If ...

Marco D'Alelio is a writer from the United States. He has been writing about the games industry for over three years and achieved a degree in game design in 2023. Marco writes for Game Rant out of ...