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Minecraft outage: Is Minecraft down today? Players report issues with multiplayer session & load worlds | Check Minecraft Downdetector status

India, June 3 -- One of the popular sandbox video games owned by Microsoft, Minecraft, experienced widespread disruptions on Wednesday, and left hundreds of players unable to get access to servers or ...
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Minecraft puts its Java multiplayer test on hold: "The experience wasn't what we wanted"

The first Minecraft 26.2 pre-release is here for Java Edition, but there's some bad news if you've been taking advantage of the sandbox game's new peer-to-peer multiplayer, which was implemented in a ...
Phoenix New Times

Arizona gamer grandmother swatted during cancer fundraiser livestream

A Queen Creek grandmother gamer and YouTuber famous for livestreaming to raise money for her teenage grandson’s cancer treatments was swatted Monday after someone called police to her home. Sue ...
bleedingcool

Everything Revealed During The Minecraft Live 2025 Event

In the middle of all the chaos happening at three different events around the world, we also got the Minecraft Live 2025 livestream, which came with some interesting announcements. The biggest reveal ...
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Minecraft Java Edition will finally let you party up with your pals, without the need for mods

Minecraft's Java Edition has long been the go-to for PC players, owing to how moddable it is in comparison to its Bedrock counterpart. However, getting a clean multiplayer experience has long ...
GameSpot

Minecraft Multiplayer – How To Play With Friends

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. How do you play with your friends in Minecraft? It all depends which ...
IGN

Minecraft Live March 2026: Everything Announced

The Minecraft Live March 2026 presentation is over, but we made sure to break down Minecraft Dungeons 2, Minecraft World, and everything else announced for those who missed the show. Mojang Studios ...
Shacknews

Minecraft Tiny Takeover update arrives this week, Chaos Cubed coming later

There was plenty of Minecraft news to go around during Saturday's Minecraft Live March 2026 showcase. The next big update is coming early next week, offering something big in a tiny package. Tiny ...
appuals.com

Fix: Minecraft “Connection Refused” Error When Joining a Server

The “Connection refused: no further information” error in Minecraft appears when your game reaches the destination address, but the server rejects the connection ...
TechSpot

Minecraft Java Edition is finally moving from OpenGL to multi-threaded Vulkan

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 ...
Game Rant

Minecraft Gives Update on Vibrant Visuals for Java Edition

James Ratcliff joined Game Rant 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 ...