The Minecraft-like MMO Hytale started its development journey in 2015, with Riot Games being one of the team's 'angel investors' that helped move production along, before Riot would eventually acquire Hypixel Studios , the team behind Hytale. It would also die under Riot, with the game cancelled in June 2025, and Hypixel Studios disbanded . However, just last week, the game's original creator, Simon Collins-Laflamme, announced that he had repurchased the rights from Riot and would kick development back up .

Now, Collins-Laflamme is making good on his promise to announce an early access release date " soon ," with a blog post on the official Hytale website confirming that the long-awaited and promising MMO will arrive in early access on January 13, 2026.

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