Fresh from bringing his canceled Minecraft competitor back from the dead, Hytale boss shares new gameplay footage as "a taste of things to come" – but there's still "a lot of work" to be done

Hytale.

After entering development in 2015, hotly anticipated sandbox game Hytale went through years of trials – most recently, Riot Games' cancellation of the unreleased project and the closure of developer Hypixel Studios.

The news came years after Riot's purchase of the studio in 2020 – one that was accompanied by promises of the small development team remaining in creative control over Hytale and working independently – and was especially disappointing considering past delays and the fact that, in 2023, Hypixel Studios unveiled the game was still in the prototyping phase. It's been a test of patience for fans, for sure, but things are now looking up.