Minecraft fans are usually drawn to the seemingly never-ending terrain generation and the freedom to bring their creativity to life in the form of blocks. In 2020, Mojang Studios introduced a new ...

Shader packs have long been used to enhance what Minecraft looks like. The game is not as graphically advanced as other modern games for all its incredible qualities. That may be intentional on the ...

Part of Minecraft's charm has always been its simple, blocky, pixelated aesthetic. With more items than ever and some retextures over the years, vanilla Minecraft looks slightly less grassroots than ...

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 ...