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After more than 16 years, Minecraft: Java Edition is finally moving away from the aging OpenGL graphics system and upgrading to Vulkan, a modern multi-threaded rendering API. The change, announced by ...

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As a Minecraft survival mode veteran, my expectations of Hypixel Studios' Hytale could not be more clearly defined: I wanted this sandbox game to trample over Mojang's withered body and bring me a new ...

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