The Minecraft Java 1.19 update might be known for its vast world and infinite access to blocks, but its graphics are still dated. The age-old sandbox game looks ancient compared to other games.

Minecraft is better known for its innovative gameplay than its visuals. Since its release in 2011, the game has maintained its blocky and pixellated graphics. This surely helped players play the game ...

Shaders are capable of revitalising your Minecraft experience, from lifelike lighting to unnerving movement obscurity. Each Minecraft shader has its distinct characteristics, whether it's instilling ...

Mojang has continued to churn out Minecraft updates at a regular pace, allowing its community to thrive for over a decade. Along with Mojang, modders are constantly launching their own updates to the ...

Minecraft is undoubtedly one of the most successful games of all time. Starting out as a simple project developed by a single person, the game is now the best-selling game in the world, with over 238 ...

Looking for the Minecraft ray tracing shader? Real-time lighting effects are a highlight of high-fidelity games like Battlefield V and Metro Exodus, but they're also available in the chunky world of ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. If you've been holding out on Microsoft's offer to upgrade your Java version of Minecraft to their more feature-rich Windows 10 one, you only have a ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Update: The Minecraft RTX open beta is now live. It is only available on the Windows 10 Bedrock version of the game. Coming soon to Windows versions ...

We've been following the evolution of hardware-accelerated real-time ray tracing for some time now here at Digital Foundry - and one of the most spectacular demos we've seen actually took the form of ...