"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 life by buying the rights back from Riot. In other words, this new footage is quite the flex. It's worth noting that this isn't a AAA-style trailer. It's barely edited live footage from the game that was "recorded in a single morning and put together" by Hypixel co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme. The developer says there are no "bells and whistles" included with this footage, as it features "just the game as it is." The description goes on to call the video "raw and broken, but still beautiful.""
"Hypixel says that this footage uses the original legacy engine which dates back to 2018. It's also running on a four-year-old build. Collins-Laflamme wrote that it was important to "release raw footage today so we can break the curse once and for all.""
"As for that curse, Hytale was recently canceled by Riot Games after nearly a decade of development. Just a few months later, the company managed to purchase the rights and get the game back on track. It also rehired around 30 staffers. The developer says "there's a long road ahead, but early access is coming soon." We don't have a date on that early access build, but we sure do like the word "soon.""
Hypixel Studios released over 15 minutes of largely unedited Hytale gameplay footage recorded in a single morning, deliberately presented without cinematic polish. The footage runs on the original legacy engine from 2018 and a four-year-old build, showing the game in an intentionally raw and imperfect state described as "raw and broken, but still beautiful." Hytale was previously canceled by Riot Games after nearly a decade of development; Hypixel reacquired the IP, rehired roughly 30 staffers, and signaled that early access is coming soon with no firm date. The footage highlights open-world, Minecraft-like exploration, action and RPG mechanics, and tense nighttime gameplay.
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