Mojang said late Wednesday that the legacy, PC-centric Java version of Minecraft will now require a Microsoft account, a decision Microsoft says it’s making for security reasons and to ensure future ...

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Minecraft Java Edition has always operated pretty much as-is following developer Mojang's acquisition by Microsoft. Bedrock Edition came along to integrate with the Microsoft account system, but ...

Despite being purchased by Microsoft, Mojang and Minecraft have still sort of gone their own way, ever expanding through the years with aid from the PC giant. Minecraft Java Edition in particular is a ...

It took a while, but you'll soon need a Microsoft account to play any of Mojang's games. Minecraft developer Mojang has announced that a Microsoft account will be required to play its various games ...

Way back in 2020, the developers announced a major change to Minecraft: Java Edition, as players would soon be required to swap from a Mojang account to a Microsoft account in order to keep playing.

Back in 2020, Minecraft developer Mojang announced that players of the Minecraft Java Edition would need to migrate their old Mojang accounts to Microsoft accounts if they wanted to keep playing that ...

Microsoft has declared that beginning in 2021, you'll have to create a Microsoft account in order to play the game. Up until now, players with a Mojang account created through Minecraft: Java Edition ...

Minecraft has definitely outgrown its humble roots, in no small part thanks to Microsoft's push to other platforms and use cases. A certain segment of the Minecraft community, however, has managed to ...

Minecraft: Java Edition is the classic, PC version of Minecraft, and has its own way of testing updates. The latest snapshot is 1.16.4 Pre-Release 2, and it is testing what could be the final patch ...

There are two major versions of "Minecraft," one of which is available only for computers, and the other of which can be played on nearly every device. "Minecraft: Java Edition" is the original ...