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Because of that these companies often missed the mark with the reception of their fans and the video game community overall. The AAA game developers often seem to base their decisions and public communication on motivations of profit or (sometimes forceful) preservation of an unblemished public image. Recently, video game players suffered a lot of detachment from the companies like Blizzard, Bethesda, Ubisoft, and EA the reason behind this was often a conflict of interest. Yet, with the history of controversies surrounding Riot Games can we really take this promise at its face value? Riot Games did demonstrate support of this vision when they stated that authenticity and goals to improve player experience is something they actively look for in the game makers, which motivated their support of the company. There is a reason behind this clarification: Hytale was always viewed as Hypixel Studios’ passion project that is highly attentive to the desires of their fans first and foremost. The company will become a subsidiary of Riot Games but will otherwise continue working on Hytale as intended.

Noxy and Simon went to great lengths to emphasize that Riot Games is acquiring Hypixel Studios as an independent studio. However, it would be hard to imagine Hypixel sounding fearful in addressing this arrangement, since confidence is in the interest of both companies.īecause of that those who were supporting the game wholeheartedly all this time might be asking themselves: what potential downfalls does this acquisition bring, and do the benefits outweigh these risks? Riot Games vs. Quoting Dylan Jadeja, the president of Riot Games, the post focused on the company’s excitement of advising Hypixel Studios on their journey in the past and going forward. Riot Games likewise made a cheerful announcement on their website. Riot’s acquisition of the company was a serious consideration since the major success of the Hytale Announcement Trailer and will bring valuable mentorship, a much higher budget limits, and the opening of the official Hypixel Studios Headquarters in Northern Ireland. Noxy cited the crucial decision of partnering with Riot Games as the reason behind company’s long stretches of silence in 2019 and the excitement of “ pro,” in contrast with the company having its origins in Minecraft’s modding community. According to Noxy, the huge company was both an advisor and an investor in the project since the early days of Hytale and always shared Hypixel’s vision. Noxy, the new CEO of the company, went into detail of his history of trusting relationship with Riot Games. Stepping down as the CEO of Hypixel studios, Simon will be giving more attention to his personal life, health, and the original and still independent Hypixel Minecraft server, where the journey of Hypixel Studios originally began.

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Hypixel Studios, known for their open relationship with the community, posted a detailed update on the changes that will be coming to the company venturing forward. Riot Games, a video game developer you might know from the League of Legends and Legends of Runeterra, acquired Hypixel Studios on April 16th, along with all of their projects, but especially so Hytale.

Recently we have been updating you about the progress on the sandbox RPG game Hytale, but these recent changes might mean even more for the future of the game.

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