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Panel Version 5.12
5.12 is now live on all nodes and it brings a shiny new toy: the Minecraft Mod Manager. Let’s dive in.
Panel Version 5.11
5.11 is now live on all nodes. It includes a shiny new console, a Minecraft chat console, and a rework of our game rules page.
Panel Version 5.10
Panel 5.10 is out now on all nodes, and it comes with two awesome new features. Folder Uploads and a Network Test Tool.
Upcoming Location Upgrades and Changes
Hello everyone, we’ve got some changes incoming to our locations, so I just wanted to sit down with you guys and cover why these changes have taken place and what they fully are.
Panel Version 5.9 - New Storage Manager
Panel 5.9 is now live on all nodes. With an all new feature, the storage manager
Panel Version 5.8 - New Player Manager and More
5.8 is out now on all nodes. With some big improvements to our version installer, and an all new player manager.
We are moving next door
Over the next 24–48 hours, all kinetichosting.net domains will become kinetichosting.com. When Kinetic Hosting first kicked off back in 2020, someone else already owned the .com, so we went with .net. Fast forward to now, we’ve finally secured the .com domain, and we’re moving everything over to it.
Mid-Term 2025 Transparency Report
Athe start of this year we put out our first ever transparency report, with the goal to issue a new one every year. . However, this year, so much has changed at Kinetic that our 2025 report is already outdated.
SGP Packages - What Are They?
In this blog post we'll be covering our new SGP packages that you might have spotted on the billing panel.
Kinetic Panel 5.4
It's a big update, so we've got a lot to cover.
How to Switch to Kinetic Hosting (Free Server Migration Included)
We’ll move your server to Kinetic Hosting for free. Including all files, worlds, mods, and settings. Learn how to get started.
Supported Game Types | Main vs Limited Support | Kinetic Hosting
At Kinetic Hosting, you can change the game your server is running at any time. We currently support over 45 different games, and that list continues to grow.
The Blue Becomes Purple
For the first time since we introduced our current logo in 2021, we've rolled out a refresh. We've kept the shape of our logo, but we're now sporting a fancy new purple colour and new font style.
2025 Feedback Form - Win A Free Server
f you've been around for a while, you'll know we release feedback forms every 6–8 months. We use your responses to help improve our service and ensure we're on the right track.
Panel Outage 10/04/2025
At 7:34 AM UTC, our emergency team was alerted to an issue causing our game panel to become inaccessible. Upon investigation, we discovered the issue wasn't directly with the game panel, but rather with our caching proxy server.
No AI, No Bots — Just Real Support | Kinetic Hosting
We won't use AI for support. Ever. Get fast, human-powered help through live chat, Discord, or tickets — 100% real support, 100% of the time.
2025 Transparency Report
Welcome to our first-ever annual transparency report. We'll release this report each year to share clear insights into our operating costs, how your money is being spent, and the future direction we're taking Kinetic Hosting.
Texas Performance Outage
At 10 AM GMT, we were alerted to an outage affecting nine of our nodes in our Texas location:
Hardware Upgrades Incoming
At Kinetic, offering modern, powerful hardware has always been a priority. When we launched in 2020, the standard in hosting was outdated Intel Xeon CPUs. We weren’t satisfied with this, as it led to slow and laggy servers. From the start, we committed to providing updated Intel CPUs to ensure everyone could enjoy smooth, lag-free servers
Kinetic Panel 5 is in development
Last year, we released the biggest update to our panel yet: Panel 4. This update featured a huge UI overhaul, new modpack and version installers, a new Overview page, a schedule system, and so much more.
Free Server - Feedback Form
Our 2024 feedback form is now open