If you're curious if you can play one of the world's most popular games online with friends on another platform, we've got ...

Way back in 2020, the developers announced a major change to Minecraft: Java Edition, as players would soon be required to swap from a Mojang account to a Microsoft account in order to keep playing.

Minecraft supports cross-platform play, but only in its Bedrock Edition, which connects players across consoles, mobile, Chromebook, and Windows. Java Edition remains limited to PC, Mac, and Linux, ...