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2025-11-18

Hypixel Studios buys its IP from Riot, so Hytale is back in development

Hypixel Studios has officially purchased the license to Hytale from Riot Games, according to a report by Game Developer. This means that development will continue just months after Riot shut everything down and cancelled the project.


The developer is also rehiring 30 staffers that were laid off as part of the cancellation. We write so often about

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2025-11-21

Hytale will only cost $20 because it isn't good yet, its developer says

Hytale, a more action-packed take on Minecraft, will be available for $20 when it relaunches in early access, Hypixel Studios announced on X. The developer shared that it planned to relaunch Hytale ea [...]

Match Score: 516.44

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2025-11-28

Hytale's early access build drops on January 13 and costs $20

We finally have a release date for the early access build of Hytale. The fun starts on January 13. The game costs $20 and is available for PC players via Steam. Preorders go up on December 13.<br / [...]

Match Score: 383.69

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2025-11-19

Hypixel Studios shows off new Hytale footage the day after it brought the game back to life

Hypixel Studios just dropped a massive new gameplay video for the upcoming adventure Hytale, which features over 15 minutes of footage. This comes just a day after the company brought the game back to [...]

Match Score: 303.91

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2025-06-23

Riot Games shuts down Hypixel Studios and ends development of Hytale

Here's a bit of sad news for gamers. Hypixel Studios is shutting down and ending development of Hytale. The game looked pretty nifty, combining action-RPG mechanics with Minecraft. Riot Games pur [...]

Match Score: 297.29

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2025-02-26

Riot is reversing its unpopular League of Legends changes

Riot Games is hitting "undo" on its recent massively unpopular changes to League of Legends that essentially made everything in the game harder for players to unlock without spending money. [...]

Match Score: 131.97

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2025-07-08

Video Games Weekly: Every time this industry grows, it shrinks

Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday, broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related to [...]

Match Score: 69.46

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2025-04-11

The rights for Tequila Works's games are up for auction after insolvency filing

Tequila Works, the Spanish developer that created games like Rime and Gylt and published games like The Sexy Brutale, is auctioning off its intellectual property (via VGC). The studio filed for insol [...]

Match Score: 66.64

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2025-07-03

Even before the Xbox layoffs, there was 'tension' at Halo Studios

At least five employees at Halo Studios have been fired as part of company-wide layoffs at Microsoft on Wednesday, according to a developer with knowledge of the situation. An estimated 200 to 300 peo [...]

Match Score: 63.45

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2025-03-31

Riot Games' League of Legends TCG is officially called Riftbound

Riot Games has unveiled new details for its upcoming tabletop game, called Riftbound - The League of Legends Trading Card Game. We first got a look at this TCG under the codename Project K in December [...]

Match Score: 54.74