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Ambitious Minecraft Competitor Hytale Canceled After Nearly 7 Years of Development: 'This Is Not the Outcome Any of Us Wanted'
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 67689" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/06/24/hytale-1750761846762.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/games/hytale" target="_blank">Hytale</a>, the Minecraft competitor announced in 2018, is canceled and its developer is shutting down.</p><p></p><p>Hypixel Studios announced that the ambitious, Riot Games-backed Minecraft-style game had ended development, and the studio itself was in the process of winding down.</p><p></p><p>Hytale was announced in December 2018 with a trailer that has an incredible 61 million views on <a href="https://youtu.be/o77MzDQT1cg?feature=shared" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. Here’s the official blurb, as it was back then:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Excitement around Hytale was fueled by the experience of the developers themselves, who co-founded Hypixel, one of the most influential Minecraft servers in the world. Riot Games, maker of League of Legends, invested in the project and eventually bought the studio.</p><p></p><p>However, the Hytale dream is now over. “This is not the outcome any of us — at Hypixel or at Riot — wanted,” a statement attributed to co-founder Noxy <a href="https://hytale.com/news/2025/6/a-difficult-update-about-hytale" target="_blank">published to the Hytale website</a> reads. “But after years of pushing forward, adapting, and exploring every possible path, it became clear we couldn’t bring Hytale to life in a way that truly delivered on its promise.”</p><p></p><p>So, what went wrong? According to Noxy, Hytale’s technical ambitions grew more complex, and even after a reboot of the game engine, the team “found that Hytale still wasn’t as far along as it needed to be.”</p><p></p><p>“It became clear we’d need a lot more time to get it to a place where it could support the ambitious vision for the game,” Noxy continued.</p><p></p><p>Options such as reducing scope and pushing the game back were rejected as they “would have meant compromising on what made Hytale special in the first place.” “It wouldn’t have been the game we set out to make,” Noxy explained. “And it wouldn’t have been the game you deserve.”</p><p></p><p>As for Riot, it tried to find investors to save the project, but it sounds like those efforts failed to go anywhere. The affected staff are getting “generous severance and resources to help them find what’s next.”</p><p></p><p>Confirmation of the cancelation comes just a few months after <a href="https://hytale.com/news/2025/3/spring-2025-development-update" target="_blank">Hypixel issued a spring 2025 development update</a>, where the studio revealed some of the progress it had made in the first few months of the year. It even finally revealed a new character that it had teased at the end of 2023. New engine progress was called out, with improvements highlighted.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/ambitious-minecraft-competitor-hytale-canceled-after-nearly-7-years-of-development-this-is-not-the-outcome-any-of-us-wanted" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 67689, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/06/24/hytale-1750761846762.png[/IMG] [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/hytale']Hytale[/URL], the Minecraft competitor announced in 2018, is canceled and its developer is shutting down. Hypixel Studios announced that the ambitious, Riot Games-backed Minecraft-style game had ended development, and the studio itself was in the process of winding down. Hytale was announced in December 2018 with a trailer that has an incredible 61 million views on [URL='https://youtu.be/o77MzDQT1cg?feature=shared']YouTube[/URL]. Here’s the official blurb, as it was back then: Excitement around Hytale was fueled by the experience of the developers themselves, who co-founded Hypixel, one of the most influential Minecraft servers in the world. Riot Games, maker of League of Legends, invested in the project and eventually bought the studio. However, the Hytale dream is now over. “This is not the outcome any of us — at Hypixel or at Riot — wanted,” a statement attributed to co-founder Noxy [URL='https://hytale.com/news/2025/6/a-difficult-update-about-hytale']published to the Hytale website[/URL] reads. “But after years of pushing forward, adapting, and exploring every possible path, it became clear we couldn’t bring Hytale to life in a way that truly delivered on its promise.” So, what went wrong? According to Noxy, Hytale’s technical ambitions grew more complex, and even after a reboot of the game engine, the team “found that Hytale still wasn’t as far along as it needed to be.” “It became clear we’d need a lot more time to get it to a place where it could support the ambitious vision for the game,” Noxy continued. Options such as reducing scope and pushing the game back were rejected as they “would have meant compromising on what made Hytale special in the first place.” “It wouldn’t have been the game we set out to make,” Noxy explained. “And it wouldn’t have been the game you deserve.” As for Riot, it tried to find investors to save the project, but it sounds like those efforts failed to go anywhere. The affected staff are getting “generous severance and resources to help them find what’s next.” Confirmation of the cancelation comes just a few months after [URL='https://hytale.com/news/2025/3/spring-2025-development-update']Hypixel issued a spring 2025 development update[/URL], where the studio revealed some of the progress it had made in the first few months of the year. It even finally revealed a new character that it had teased at the end of 2023. New engine progress was called out, with improvements highlighted. [I]Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/ambitious-minecraft-competitor-hytale-canceled-after-nearly-7-years-of-development-this-is-not-the-outcome-any-of-us-wanted"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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