Matt Anderson (He/Him) is a Features Writer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He's been gaming as far back as four years old on the original PlayStation and writing in the industry for several years.

OpenJDK project teams will focus work on features such as value types, code reflection, AOT compilation, and structured concurrency in the coming year. Oracle’s Java team in 2026 will work toward ...

Minecraft is entering a new era in 2026. With the launch of Minecraft Java 26.1, Mojang is not just releasing another content patch — it’s introducing a new yearly versioning system and laying down ...

Minecraft's getting marginally cuter with its next update, as it continues to pretend it isn't designed for the express purpose of teaching innocent children that in order to survive, you've sometimes ...

Abstract: Java offers the Java Native Interface (JNI), which allows programs running in the Java Virtual Machine to invoke and be manipulated by native applications and libraries written in other ...

A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI agents and agentic CLIs (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, etc.) to work seamlessly with Minecraft mod development. Provides decompilation, ...

The winter Minecraft game drop has arrived — and with it the first new weapon added to the game since the introduction of the mace. The spear is here and it could very well change how you play ...

Google has started uploading the source code for Android 16 QPR2 to AOSP following its release for Pixel devices today. This marks a return to form for Google after the company surprisingly withheld ...

Mojang is making a major change for its massive modding community. On October 29, the developer announced it will stop scrambling, or obfuscating, the code for Minecraft: Java Edition. For over 15 ...