Riot Games cancelled Hytale and announced Hypixel would be shuttered. Nearly five months later, Hypixel co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme purchased the rights and released a 16-minute gameplay video showing early footage. The preview runs on an older engine build, was recorded in a single morning, and is described as raw and broken while still appearing more polished than expected for pre-early-access code. The footage emphasizes faster, more complex combat than Minecraft with weapon swapping, distinct movement styles, and both first- and third-person perspectives. The video also previews creation tools for building assets and adding content.
"Back in June, Riot Games cancelled Hytale, a sandbox crafting game in the vein of , and announced that developer Hypixel would be shuttered. But rather than ending the story of , that move ended up being just one more chapter in the game's decade-long development cycle. Nearly five months after Hytale's cancellation, Hypixel co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme announced that he'd purchased the rights to the game, and soon revealed a first look in a 16-minute gameplay video."
"Collins-Laflamme emphasizes that the game is far from complete - he calls it "raw and broken." The trailer is running on an older version of the game engine and was recorded in a single morning. Despite those caveats, it's not as if Hytale looks particularly rough for a game that hasn't even entered early access yet. Hytale essentially looks like a more combat-focused version of Minecraft, having grown out of the original Hypixel Minecraft server, which hosted minigames within Mojang's survival crafter."
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