The Latest Breaking News from Simon CollinsLaflamme

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's original dev wants to buy it back from Riot, but "a lot of content would be cut early on" to release it as quickly as possible

"It's not gonna be perfect or what Hytale is supposed to be Day One"

GamesRadar · Jul 1, 2025

Eric Barone clarifies he's just 'open to entertaining the idea' of saving Hytale, but he's not pursuing it himself because he's completely focused on Haunted Chocolatier

Barone said earlier this year that he's now fully committed to Haunted Chocolatier, and I'm starting to think that maybe he was serious.

PC Gamer · Jun 30, 2025

Hypixel Studios founder says he'll 'reach out' to Riot about taking over Hytale: 'I am even down to put $25 million by myself to finish Hytale, that’s how much I believe in it'

Riot cancelled Hytale last week, five years after acquiring the studio making it.

PC Gamer · Jun 30, 2025

OG Hytale founder confirms he "will reach out" to Riot Games about buying back the Minecraft rival: "The chances of revival are next to impossible… It's the least I can do"

"Yes, I made the decision, I will give my best to save Hytale."

GamesRadar · Jun 29, 2025

Hytale studio founder says he was "burning" up to $400,000 a month on its development at one point, and turned down "way more money" before partnering with Riot

They walked away from another deal at the very last minute

GamesRadar · Jun 26, 2025

Hytale studio founder says he'd spend $25 million buying it back from Riot to get the game finished, and in his eyes it was "maximum 2 years away from a PC release" over 5 years ago: "That's how much I believe in it"

"I don't know exactly what happened in the past few years," says Simon Collins-Laflamme

GamesRadar · Jun 26, 2025