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 ...

On February 18, Minecraft developer Mojang Studios announced that the game's Java Edition will gradually swap away from the OpenGL graphics application programming interface (API) later this year.

Minecraft’s latest Java Edition test build is not just about cozy camps and menu tweaks. Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 6 drops a ...

Mojang has raised Minecraft Java Edition’s minimum RAM to 8GB and now recommends 16GB for smooth 1080p gameplay.

Minecraft: Java Edition now officially recommends 16GB of RAM, and that's just the starting point. Mojang recently explained ...

After 17 years, Minecraft Java Edition starts replacing OpenGL with a Vulkan multi-threaded renderer — update will prove a boon for performance and modding | Tom's ...

In the latest Minecraft 26.2 snapshot 1, Mojang introduced the Vulkan rendering API to Java Edition. One of the main reasons why the developers decided to shift to Vulkan is that OpenGL stopped ...

OpenGL, formally known as the Open Graphics Library, allows applications like Minecraft to take full advantage of the GPU (Graphics processing unit) on a machine. Minecraft is just one of the ...