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Three pig variants staring at a carrot in Minecraft.

News

Minecraft's beta versions now offer adorable hot and cold pig variants

Plus a crafting recipe update

Jan. 11, 2025 Graham Smith

5 comments

Artwork from Valheim, No Man's Sky and Astroneer form the header for our best survival games list

Feature

The 30 best survival games on PC

Promise me that you will never die

Jan. 2, 2025 Ed Thorn

84 comments

One of the Nether biomes in Minecraft added by the Incendium mod.

Guide

Best Minecraft mods (December 2024)

New mobs, minimaps, performance upgrades, and more await you with our list of the best Minecraft mods for 1.21

Dec. 18, 2024 Ollie Toms

1 comment

A Minecraft screenshot of a player clad in full enchanted Diamond Armor, surrounded by Diamond Ore and Diamond Blocks.

Guide

How to find Diamonds in Minecraft 1.21

Here are the best places to go mining for Diamonds in Minecraft

Dec. 18, 2024 Ollie Toms

Screenshot of the Pink and White Minecraft seed

Guide

The best Minecraft seeds 1.21 December 2024

Find Ancient Cities, easy diamonds, and spectacular landscapes with the best Minecraft seeds for 1.21

Dec. 18, 2024 Ollie Toms

A man kicking somebody into a cactus in Bulletstorm HD

News

Bulletstorm and Painkiller devs People Can Fly let over 120 people go and suspend or downsize projects

Now "focusing on the development of a single independent game"

Dec. 11, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

6 comments

A space explorer leans against an orb while looking at an alien sky.

News

Former Mass Effect director cancels his next sci-fi game as his studio closes before it is fully revealed

"Funding shortfall" to blame

Nov. 26, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

25 comments

A mockup of what a Minecraft theme park entrance might look like.

News

Minecraft is getting two theme parks, with the first due in 2026

Coming to the UK and US as a start

Nov. 20, 2024 Graham Smith

10 comments

The alien Flood infection form designed by Robert McLees, and the palm tree that inspired it by Gustaf Tenggren

News

Halo's most disgusting enemy was partly inspired by a children's book

A flood of anecdotes

Nov. 11, 2024 Brendan Caldwell

6 comments

Master Chief aims a gun as he traverses a rocky landscape.

News

Halo 2's lost E3 2003 demo will finally be playable thanks to modder magic

Doing more than grunt work

Nov. 6, 2024 Ed Thorn

2 comments

Marcus Fenix from Gears 5 with a beard and a cross look on his face

News

Diablo 4 director's plan for Gears Of War 6 was to blast the beefcakes to another planet

Bringing the curbstomp to Mercury

Nov. 4, 2024 Ed Thorn

Minecraft screenshot showing the new Bundles item as per the Bundles Of Bravery update.

News

Minecraft: Bedrock Edition's hardcore mode and pocketable bags are now live in the Bundles Of Bravery update

I'm dying to play it and while playing it

Oct. 23, 2024 Graham Smith

2 comments

Three Minecraft Potions of different types in the foreground, with a blurred Minecraft landscape in the background.

Guide

How to make Potions in Minecraft

The definitive guide on how to make Minecraft Potions

Oct. 2, 2024 Ollie Toms

Guide

30 things to build in Minecraft

Let these Minecraft build ideas inspire your next building project

Oct. 2, 2024 Ollie Toms

Minecraft live screenshot showing the Pale Garden biome next to a woodland via an aerial view.

Guide

Minecraft Pale Garden biome explained

Here's everything we know about the new Pale Garden biome in Minecraft

Oct. 1, 2024 Kiera Mills

Minecraft screenshot showing The Creaking, a mob within the Pale Garden biome.

Guide

Minecraft Creaking explained

Learn everything we know about The Creaking in Minecraft

Sept. 30, 2024 Kiera Mills

Vanilla Minecraft screenshot of Steve under cherry blossom trees.

Guide

Minecraft Bundles Of Bravery explained

Here is everything we know about the Minecraft Bundles Of Bravery update

Sept. 30, 2024 Kiera Mills

Guide

Minecraft Bundles explained

Here's everything we know so far about Bundles in Minecraft

Sept. 30, 2024 Kiera Mills

The Creaking, a new mob coming to Minecraft in a new biome. It's a grey tree in a grey forest.

News

Minecraft is getting a new biome and The Creaking, a creepy mob that only moves when you look away

Creaking angels

Sept. 28, 2024 Graham Smith

4 comments

A bundle in Minecraft, in the desert, looked upon by a rabbit.

News

Minecraft's Bundles Of Bravery update will add hardcore mode and carrier bags

Bag for life

Sept. 28, 2024 Graham Smith

2 comments

A Minecraft screenshot of a landscape with Beyond Belief Shaders enabled.

Guide

The best Minecraft shaders for 1.21

Find the best Minecraft shaders for version 1.21

Sept. 24, 2024 Ollie Toms

1 comment

Screenshot of the 'Cherry Blossoms Galore' Minecraft Seed showing a field full of cherry blossom trees.

Guide

The best Minecraft Bedrock seeds

Here's 15 of the very best Minecraft Bedrock seeds

Sept. 23, 2024 Ollie Toms

A large wooden survival house in Minecraft, built by YouTuber Folli.

Guide

Minecraft house ideas

Use these cool Minecraft house designs as inspiration for your newest build

Sept. 20, 2024 Ollie Toms

Two characters from Minecraft wearing armor and holding swords and shields behind a Nether portal in the 1.20 update.

News

Minecraft's new faster update schedule will probably fill modders with both despair and nostalgia

Expect "free game drops" throughout the year, rather than one big summer update

Sept. 11, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

6 comments

A Minecraft skin pack based on the movie

News

Minecraft creators are already trying to fix the Minecraft movie

Animators, skin pack creators and players rally in the wake of dire trailer

Sept. 9, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

19 comments