John has been writing about videogames for almost a decade, and playing them for almost three. His greatest passion is for Grand Strategy and immersive RPGs, but he's dabbled in pretty much every ...

Finding the right Minecraft seed can make or break your speedrun. From glitched End portals to villages stacked with blacksmith loot, the right spawn sets your pace. With powerful tools and community ...

Minecraft's leading seed mapping tools, including Chunk Base and Harrison Bored's Nether Seed Map, have rolled out significant updates improving speed, accuracy, and usability. The changes include ...

Amjad A. Asma is a Contributor at Game Rant. He's a massive Harry Potter fan, and has been into gaming, reading, and writing for almost a decade now. After getting a degree in Science, he has decided ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. While it might seem like a brand new Minecraft map is random, there's a lot of math happening under the hood to ensure that mountains look like ...

It’s been a while since we last heard about the major update coming to the Nether biome in Minecraft, but Mojang is finally ready to show players a glimpse of what they can expect out of the Minecraft ...

Speedrunners take their craft seriously. In Minecraft, however, worlds are randomly generated. This means there’s no way to compare speedruns in two different worlds. Thankfully, seeds solve that ...