Hear ye, hear ye! Minefaire is on its way once again! If you didn’t know what Minefaire is, Minefaire is an official Minecraft convention that, unlike MINECON Live, allows you to get involved at a physical gathering of YouTubers, live stage shows, workshops, and a whole lot more at a planned location. It has been making the rounds for a few years running, but it’s back for its 2019 run, hitting iconic US spots such as San Diego, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Sadly, a few events have passed, but that doesn’t mean they’re done. In fact, their next destination will be further East than in the past ..read more

A lot of you are going to want to check this out: Mojang just released a custom snapshot of Minecraft Java Edition with the new combat mechanics available for testing. Over on Reddit, “Chief Creative Officer” u/jeb_ made a post detailing the reasons why combat needed an overhaul, along with a download link for curious testers to grab and give the earliest versions of this new combat system a spin. You can even get the server files and try PvP with friends! Minecraft New Combat Tests:https://t.co/2kdOfrtb7Q — JAPPA (@JasperBoerstra) June 26, 2019 These are critical times as Mojang hears out w ..read more

This week we saw another preview release of OptiFine for Minecraft Java Edition 1.14.2 (labeled F1 Pre15) as it comes closer to fully supporting the latest version of Minecraft. This release does one significant thing to improve the performance of your game, though: It now supports Java 9 and newer. Just tested the Java 9+ compatibility, using AdoptOpenJDK 11. Guys… You NEED to update Java. -Jack — OptiFine (@OptiFineNews) June 24, 2019 Why is this such a big deal? The improved performance found in Java 9, 10, 11, and 12 is VERY GOOD. Running Minecraft with Java 11 can reduce the RAM costs o ..read more

Minecraft Java Edition 1.14.3 Pre-Release 4 has arrived for us to try out, and with this latest version Spigot has dropped their own development release for server owners and developers to get a hold of. FYI: An error snuck into the blog post update for Minecraft 1.14.3 Pre-release 4 – we are aiming for a full release *next* week, not this week. The post has now been updated – sorry for the confusion. — slicedlime (@slicedlime) June 20, 2019 1.14.3 brings with it a number of bug fixes, keeping up with the trends followed in 1.14.1 and 1.14.2, but it also does something quite unique compared ..read more

We first shared that Minecraft was getting a new launcher all the way back in December of last year. Since then, the beta version of the new launcher has seen numerous updates for Windows, Linux, and macOS versions, plus a really fantastic design overhaul, but with each new release it looks like we could be ramping up the beta testing phase. @slicedlime on Twitter (who works at Mojang) has been diligent in keeping us updated on the newest versions of the launcher as they’re released, but this week we started seeing what seems to be rapid-fire bug fix releases being dropped after that redesign ..read more

Welcome back to another segment of Hidden Gems, a series where we delve into different portions of the Minecraft community and find something that can help you out or just make your day a little bit sweeter. Today we’ll be talking about flipbooks. Minecraft flipbooks in Java Edition, to be exact. https://snapshotmc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2J0ZkAm-Imgur.mp4 A few days ago, a user by the name of u/Two_Legged_Milipede, found a way to make images on different pages of a Minecraft book and quill with Block Elements, turning them at rapid succession to make movement — hence an effective flip ..read more