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November 17, 2025
Hypixel Studios is back, and they have brought an old friend along with it. On Monday, founder Simon Collins-Laflamme announced that they had reacquired the rights to sandbox game Hytale from Riot Games.
The news comes roughly five months since it was announced that the game was being shut down.
“We are thrilled to announce that we have acquired Hytale from Riot Games,” Collins-Laflamme said. “While it didn’t make sense for them to continue developing it in its existing form, they ultimately wanted what’s best for players, and that’s for us to eventually play a revised version of the game. We are grateful to Riot Games for making this possible.”
Collins-Laflamme said that the studio has hired “more than 30 developers who know this game inside and out, with additional returns in the coming days.”
He says that the team is going to go back to the original version of what Hytale was supposed to be. It was added that the studio is fully independent and committed to funding Hytale “for the next 10 years”.
As far as what’s next, an Early Access release and pricing will be announced “in the coming days”. It’ll be available first on Windows with a Mac and Linux release possible and other platforms later on. Regarding content, the Early Access version of Hytale will include a Creative Mode, Exploration Mode, and Modding capabilities. What won’t be available are minigames and an Adventure Mode. Both of those will come later on.
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