If you ever wanted to play Minecraft with your friends, you’ve probably heard about Realms. It’s an easily accessible way to get a server where you and your friends can play peacefully. It’s not; ...

Let’s face it, Minecraft is the most fun to play with friends. You get to fool around with them, do silly things, build amazing things you can then show off, and so much more. It would be an ...

There's nothing worse than booting up your favorite game, ready to spend hours grinding, only to find that server issues mean you can't get into it at all. For Minecraft fans, that's been the case on ...

When you attempt to create or join a Realm in Minecraft Bedrock or Java edition for Windows 11/10 PC or in Minecraft edition for Xbox, you may get the permissions prompt stating You cannot play on ...

OpenFriend is an independent, community-built project. It is not developed, endorsed, supported, sponsored, certified, or otherwise officially connected to Microsoft Corporation, Mojang AB, Mojang ...

Minecraft Java Edition finally debuts a built-in Friends list feature. Players can invite friends to join their world without servers or Realms. This feature works similarly to the Bedrock Edition ...

Minecraft Java Edition is finally getting a native Friends List and peer-to-peer multiplayer, letting players join each other’s worlds without setting up a server, Realms, or relying on third-party ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. How do you play with your friends in Minecraft? It all depends which ...

[UPDATE 1: 06:00PM IST | January 11, 2026] Reports over DownDetector appears to be settling a little, with some reports also hinting that servers are finally starting to come online. If there’s any ...

If you are like most Minecraft players, you must have tried using online multiplayer servers. Some of them are good, some are weird, and many of them are straight-up scams. However, the developers ...