Hytale, the Minecraft competitor announced in 2018, It has been canceled and his study will close its doors.
Hypixel Studios has announced that the ambitious Minecraft style game, backed by Riot Games, has stopped developing and that the study itself is in the process of closing. Hytale was announced in December 2018 with a trailer that has the incredible figure of 61 million visualizations On YouTube. Here is the official description, as it was then:
“Hytale combines the amplitude of an open world game with the depth of a role -playing game, immersing players in a procedurally generated world where wobbled towers and deep dungeons promise great rewards throughout their adventures. Hytale admits everything, from the block to block to block to the creation of scripts and minijuegos, all through powerful and easy tools. “
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Many resources were needed for Hytale
The enthusiasm around Hytale was driven by the experience Of the developers themselves, who co -founded Hypixel, one of the most influential Minecraft servers in the world. Riot Games, creator of League of Legends, invested in the project and finally bought the study.
However, Hytale’s dream has come to an end. “This is not the result that none of us, neither in Hypixel nor in Riot, wanted,” reads a statement attributed to co -founder Noxy and published on the official website of Hytale. “But after years of advancing, adapting and exploring all possible ways, it was clear that We couldn’t make Hytale come true in a way that really fulfilled his promise. “
So what went wrong? According to Noxy, Hytale’s technical ambitions became more complex and, even after restarting the game engine, the team “discovered that Hytale I was not yet as advanced as it should be“
“It was clear that We would need much longer To take it to the point where I could sustain the ambitious vision of the game, “Noxy continued.
Options such as reducing the scope and delaying the launch of the game were rejectedsince “they would have meant compromising what made Hytale special.” “It would not have been the game that we set out to create,” said Noxy. “And it would not have been the game you deserve”.
As for Riot, he tried to find investors to save the project, but it seems that these efforts did not give any fruit. The affected personnel are receiving “a generous compensation and resources to help them find their next project. “
The confirmation of the cancellation comes only a few months after Hypixel published an update on the development in spring of 2025, in which the study revealed some of the advances he had achieved in the first months of the year. He even revealed a new character that had advanced at the end of 2023. The progress of the new engine was highlighted, with important improvements.
