The Latest Breaking News from Hytale

Over 30 Hytale devs rehired as Hypixel reclaims game from Riot

Back to basics.

Dot Esports · Nov 19, 2025

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

The sandbox game is "incomplete and buggy, but still beautiful and fun"

GamesRadar · Nov 19, 2025

Right after 'saving' Hytale from 7 years of development limbo, its new owner releases 16 minutes of 'raw and broken' gameplay footage to 'break the curse once and for all'

"I promised players videos, screenshots and blog posts. One day after the acquisition, I’m keeping that promise"

PC Gamer · Nov 19, 2025

'Hytale is saved': Riot sells cancelled game back to original co-founder, who promises to take it 'back to the original vision for Hytale'

Simon Collins-Laflamme says he's already rehired more than 30 Hytale developers, and more are coming.

PC Gamer · Nov 17, 2025

"The delay for GTA doesn't change anything": Dev behind very canceled game Hytale thinks it has a better shot of resurrecting and launching before GTA 6

We might even get Hytale before GTA 6

GamesRadar · Nov 8, 2025

Original Hytale studio founder "in active discussions with Riot Games about acquiring" the Minecraft-inspired survival game after offering "10x what the true market value is"

"Thank you for believing in Hytale"

GamesRadar · Aug 13, 2025

Hytale co-founder has "made my final counter offer" to Riot in what's "the ONLY chance" to see the canceled sandbox RPG return, and he's feeling "optimistic"

He claims "the offer is 10x what the true market value is"

GamesRadar · Aug 12, 2025

$1.1 billion worth of Minecraft accounts have played the Hypixel Minecraft server in the past 13 years, founder says, and it's "still growing"

"An estimated half of players who bought this version of Minecraft played once on Hypixel!"

GamesRadar · Jul 29, 2025

Hytale co-founder says "I won't say much" as he tries to buy back the IP from Riot, and then basically gives us a full road map for the Minecraft-like game

He's actually saying quite a lot

GamesRadar · Jul 25, 2025

Hytale co-founder replies to their own "no risk, no story" tweet, and fans haven't known peace since: "This is either the biggest comeback in the gaming industry or the biggest troll ever"

Fans are beside themselves

GamesRadar · Jul 24, 2025