It's been 16 years since Minecraft launched, but the modding community is proving the game isn't just surviving—it's thriving. As of May 2026, a wave of new texture packs and optimization mods is ...

Players can install several third-party mods, shaders and resource packs to make Minecraft ultra realistic. (Image via Mojang/Sportskeeda) Minecraft is anything but realistic. Even before entering a ...

Marco D'Alelio is a writer from the United States. He has been writing about the games industry for over three years and achieved a degree in game design in 2023. Marco writes for Game Rant out of ...

What are the top Minecraft mods to install right now? While vanilla Minecraft is amazing all on its own, its modding community has shipped a colossal amount of custom content over the years. The sheer ...

Minecraft is a game for children, but that doesn't stop a whole slew of adult gamers from modding the game to high holy heaven to make things possible that would've never been before. Such is the case ...

The landscape of modded Minecraft performance has evolved dramatically in 2026, moving beyond simple FPS boosts to intelligent rendering solutions that preserve game logic without sacrificing visual ...

Minecraft players have always loved everything the game allows them to do. From making large structures to just exploring the massive world, the game has something for everyone. But there is one place ...

Tyler Shipley is an editor for GameRant who has been writing for the team since 2021. Tyler has a degree in English from the University of Toledo. Some of his favorite games are platformers, but he ...

SAN FRANCISCO–Microsoft announced today that it’s bringing support for creating Minecraft mods written in Java inside its Visual Studio development environment. Minecraft’s modding tools allow ...