You'll need a Microsoft account to download Minecraft but that's no sweat to do. Choosing between the two versions, Java and ...

Minecraft Java Edition players can only cross-play with people on the same version, which is relegated to PC, Mac, and Linux.

Titled Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC, the newly merged version “will become the standard and only offering of vanilla Minecraft on Windows PC,” according to Mojang’s announcement ...

Confused? The differences are very important to those invested in Minecraft, with the most crucial being that it's easier to mod the Java edition.

Mojang Studios is now releasing Minecraft: Java Edition Snapshot 23w03a, the first snapshot for the upcoming 1.19.4 update, with new accessibility features.