You'll need a Microsoft account to download Minecraft but that's no sweat to do. Choosing between the two versions, Java and Bedrock, is much easier than it used to be. There is no wrong choice as ...

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 ...

In the most recent Minecraft Java snapshot, 25w31a, Mojang unveiled a brand-new F3 debug interface and settings. This feature will arrive with the next game drop, releasing sometime in the fall.

With Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for Windows, you can easily switch between games using the unified launcher and cross-play with any current edition of Minecraft.