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 ...

Vanilla Minecraft works on a basic rendering engine and extremely pixellated textures on blocks. This makes the game's graphics look quite dated compared to other popular games. Over the years, ...

Part of Minecraft's charm has always been its simple, blocky, pixelated aesthetic. With more items than ever and some retextures over the years, vanilla Minecraft looks slightly less grassroots than ...