The best Minecraft shaders, and how to install them

Following the Trial Chambers in 1.21, players may now want to acquire the Ominous Trial Key, an enhanced variant of the standard Trial Key. This pursuit promises greater rewards and serves as a gateway to unlock the Ominous Vault, hidden in the depths of the Ominous Trial Chambers. Additionally, obtaining this key signifies progress toward acquiring the powerful Mace melee weapon introduced in the update.

A talented Minecraft player has shared images from their amazing ongoing medieval castle build, which has been created entirely in Survival mode. This means that all the Minecraft materials for this build were collected by hand, making this all the more impressive.

Various seeds used to generate worlds in can enhance its Survival mode, giving you the best circumstances possible as you try to endure new landscapes. From unique biomes to fascinating structures, some seeds will give you resources or obstacles to alter your Survival experience. Whether you are a veteran player or a novice, some of these seeds can present unforgettable challenges.

Minecraft players are unleashing their creativity with the introduction of the Floatater, a new block added in the recent April Fools' update. This innovative addition has sparked a wave of excitement among Minecraftfans, who are now discovering and sharing the many possibilities it offers for building and crafting within the game.

For a moment, parts of North America will go dark on April 8 due to a total solar eclipse — when the moon, passing in front of the sun, will block all light. The last time this happened was in 2017, and it won’t happen again until 2044. It’s a moment you won’t want to miss — even if you don’t have the essential and safe eclipse glasses.

Minecraft is hardly realistic, with a world made up entirely of cubes. Even the mobs are made of blocks. But Warner Bros. and Mojang have teamed up to make a live-action movie, leading many to wonder what the hell it'll look like. Will Jack Black, AKA Steve, be a monstrous cube creature? Will it just be a bunch of dudes surviving in otherwise ordinary-looking woods?

Minecraft's annual April Fools gag is upon us once again, and this time it's a celebration of the game's most useless item that offers so many new features it might as well be a proper new update.

Asymmetrical multiplayer games have come into their own over the past few years, with titles like Among Us, Dead by Daylight, and Left 4 Dead pulling in legions of players. Instead of giving two teams a similar set of abilities, asymmetrical games are purposefully lopsided — one team might be larger but have less firepower, while the other team might be comprised of a single, powerful player.

A few days ago, Kotaku published a report suggesting Grand Theft Auto 6 may be delayed to late 2025 or even 2026. We didn't report on it because it seemed ephemeral rather than substantial, which Bloomberg's Jason Schreier (formerly of Kotaku himself) has now confirmed.

Minecraft: Java Edition has released a new snapshot, and thanks to it, players can now enchant the Mace. Since last year, Mojang has been revealing some of the content that Minecraft players will see in the sandbox's next major update. Some celebrated additions have been the addition of the armor trims and the wolf variants, the latter of which many players have been wanting for years. But the addition that has Minecraft players talking the most in recent days is the Mace, growing the list of weapons players can get in the game.

Blast magic, embark on a (blocky) fantasy adventure and free your demon brethren with April’s Monthly Games lineup for PlayStation Plus. Immortals of Aveum, Minecraft Legends, Skul: The Hero Slayer will be available to play for PlayStation Plus members* from Tuesday, April 2 until Monday May 6. 

Dragon’s Dogma 2 likes to keep many of its mechanics and systems a secret until you discover them. You will learn quickly that you can’t fast travel around the map freely, but there’s one mechanic that is far more detrimental to your game. This is called dragonsplague and it is a disease that can’t be cured with a simple tonic. In fact, you may not even realize if you have it in your game because it isn’t something that affects your character at all; instead, it affects your Pawns. Failing to recognize you have dragonsplague and deal with it in a timely manner can ruin your entire playthrough if you’re not careful. To avoid such a catastrophe, here are all the details about this cruel disease.