If one were to look back on the last two decades of gaming, only a handful of games have had the staying power and popularity of Minecraft. The game has evolved way past its original, rudimentary form ...

Minecraft’s Java Edition is still supported by Mojang, and after 17 years of that continued support, the team is finally updating the Java Edition’s requirements to better reflect modern hardware.

Minecraft has been out a whole 17 years now, which makes me feel very old as I played it as a teenager when it launched, using (I believe) an AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition and 9600 GT. Oh how ...

Microsoft subsidiary Mojang Studios has raised the minimum and recommended system requirements for Minecraft: Java Edition. This is the first major system requirements update in approximately 17 years ...

On July 21, 2026, Mojang Studios raised the PC system requirements for Minecraft Java Edition. It’s the first big reset of the baseline in 17 years. The new minimum is meant to hit 1080p at 30 FPS, ...