Mojang's original version of Minecraft, which millions play, will now require a Microsoft to play for security's sake, Microsoft says.

Java is quite platform-independent and mostly upwards compatible, so it is common to compile a piece of code using a given J2SE version and expect it to work in later JVM versions.

Minecraft runs on Java version 17 as of this pre-release – and you can expect the same to be true of the live version of Java Edition once 1.18 officially lands.

For example, the latest version of Java 6 is "Java SE Runtime Environment 6u43." Click the circle next to "Accept License Agreement," and then click the link next to the Java download file that ...

The forthcoming Minecraft: Education Edition, written in C++, looks faster and smoother than the old Java version, but won't be compatible with all the old mods. If Microsoft mis-handles the ...

Good news: Oracle says the next major version of its Java software will no longer plug directly into the user’s Web browser. This long overdue step should cut down dramatically on the number of ...

The company has yet to respond to requests for comment. But this version of Java was first introduced in the summer of 2008 and is woefully insecure and out-of-date.