The ESA provided IGN with two statements on the matter yesterday, one that largely reaffirmed the comments made by Gibbons ...

The Entertainment Software Association, in its infinite wisdom, has told a California Senate committee that private and community servers are illegal and amount to piracy.

California's Protect Our Games Act, which would have required publishers to provide remedies when ending support for paid ...

The first step to make a server in Minecraft Bedrock is to download and extract all files from the Bedrock server file. Next, run the server.exe file, and complete the port forwarding in order to ...

Creating a Minecraft server is simple with Java and a proper setup. All you need is an updated JDK file and the server.jar file from Minecraft to get started with the server. If you want to invite ...

Almost any game is improved when played with friends. If you don't have any, well, you can make some. That's why we jumped into some of the most popular multiplayer servers around to find the best, ...

Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, and is a member of the Home team. She is a co-lead of the CNET Tips and We Do the Math series, and manages the Home Tips series, testing out ...

It's not an option I would recommend too much in the long run, because to play, that person will have to be connected and with the server running at all times. In other words, every time you want to ...

Minecraft's multiplayer is one of the factors that has helped the game maintain its popularity for so long. Jumping into a survival world with friends and going on adventures or killing an afternoon ...

Crossplay is available for Minecraft players on any console, but it does come with some limitations. Console players can typically only connect to sponsored servers, Minecraft realms, or by connecting ...

The number of Minecraft multiplayer servers out there is nearly endless, though some are certainly preferable to others. Furthermore, thanks to strides made by the community and cross-platform ...