You'll need a Microsoft account to download Minecraft but that's no sweat to do. Choosing between the two versions, Java and ...

The Java edition of Minecraft 1.14 was released in April of this year with the Village & Pillage expansion, which redesigned village architecture and introduced new pillager NPCs.

"Minecraft" offers cross-platform play for both versions of the game — Bedrock and Java — but you can only play with users who own the same version.