The Java ecosystem has historically been blessed with great IDEs to work with, including NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ from JetBrains. However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor ...

After more than 16 years, Minecraft: Java Edition is finally moving away from the aging OpenGL graphics system and upgrading to Vulkan, a modern multi-threaded rendering API. The change, announced by ...

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 ...

Few tools have reshaped day-to-day work in tech as quickly as generative AI; coding tasks that once took developers days—or weeks—can now be spun up in seconds. So naturally, many workers are now ...

Since publishing our first article in July of 2009, DualShockers has become an established name in the video game industry. What initially set out to be a means of “getting into E3” has transformed ...

When launching Minecraft: Java Edition, the game may crash immediately and show “Exit code -1073741819”, preventing it from getting past the launcher or loading ...

23rd January 2026: We checked for new Arknights Endfield codes. Arknights Endfield is a spin-off to one of the most successful gacha games of the past decade. But while the original Arknights was a ...

December 31, 2025: There are no more Black Beacon codes following the server shutdown. What are the new Black Beacon codes? During its lifetime, Black Beacon's limited-time rewards let you skip the ...

Hoyoverse just wrapped up the Genshin Impact version "Luna 4" (or 6.3, as some others would liek to call it) preview livestream, showing off all sorts of details about the upcoming patch. Most ...

Digital game codes remain one of the simplest ways to add new titles to a Nintendo library. The Nintendo Switch 2 handles code redemption in a familiar way, building ...

Minecraft Java snapshots will now use a new version numbering system starting with Minecraft 26.1. The latest snapshot also brings a balanced villager trading system and a revamped lighting system. A ...