Riot Games and Hypixel Studios have canceled Hytale, an in-development sandbox game that started life as a Minecraft server.

Minecraft fans were beyond excited for the release of Hytale, a game that was supposed to be the spiritual successor of Minecraft.

However, the Hytale dream is now over. “This is not the outcome any of us — at Hypixel or at Riot — wanted,” a statement attributed to co-founder Noxy published to the Hytale website reads.

Hytale has been cancelled after a decade in development, and developers Hypixel Studios are preparing for closure.

Noxy said the Hytale team still believes in the game, but acknowledged that Riot was unable to find "investors or acquirers who could continue to help carry Hytale forward." ...

Following the announcement earlier this week that Riot-backed Minecraft y sandbox game Hytale has been cancelled, a former Hypixel Studios dev has claimed that internal friction and "mismanagement" at ...

Why did Hytale get canceled? In his statement, Noxy said this was not the outcome anyone at Hypixel or Riot Games wanted. He added that, despite almost a decade of adapting and exploring every ...

Riot Games-owned developer Hypixel Studios is closing in the next few months, with development ending for the long-gestating game Hytale. This news was shared in a statement by Hypixel Studios ...

After nearly a decade of promises and delays, Riot Games has officially decided to end development on Hytale . The announcement was made on June 23 by Hypixel Studios itself, which also confirmed t… ...