Emotes were added to Minecraft in the 1.16 update. Many games feature an emote system and Mojang decided to go ahead and hop on that bandwagon. They're a small feature in most games but they are very ...

The happy ghast is a new passive and friendly mob coming to Minecraft in the summer game drop. Mojang announced the creature in their first live event of 2025, where the studio showcased how it will ...

Millions across the world sing it as the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, linking arms with friends and strangers alike to mark the end of one year and the beginning of another. But what does ...

What are the best Minecraft servers? We've jumped into some of the many multiplayer servers around to find the best, friendliest, and most fun of them all. Joining any one of the paid or free ...

As “Auld Lang Syne” takes its annual spin around the globe on New Year’s Eve, its chorus belted out by revelers young and old, Edinburgh’s Poet Laureate Michael Pedersen says the song’s enduring power ...

Java 26, due in March with structured concurrency, lazy constants, AOT object caching, and primitive types in patterns, instanceof, and switch, has entered a second rampdown phase for bug fixes. Java ...

What are the best Minecraft texture packs? These colorful and game-altering texture packs can make your world a new experience. Of course, Minecraft's low-fi charm is part of the draw, but texture ...

The best Minecraft servers are the perfect way to spruce up your days playing Minecraft. There are countless options with some very imaginative ways to change up how you play. All you need to do is ...

The next Minecraft update release date should fall around early March 2026. Mojang has promised four updates a year, and since Mounts of Mayhem was released in early December, we'd estimate that the ...

Art and his son’s duet version “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” was released in early November as Advent’s first single. “Auld Lang Syne,” of course, is traditionally sung on New Year’s Eve to reflect on ...

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Hannah Erin Lang is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York, where she covers financial markets with a focus on retail investing and brokerages. Hannah previously worked as a reporter at ...