#Riot buys hytale mod#
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#Riot buys hytale professional#

The company is based in Derry/Londonerry, Northern Ireland, and it has 20 open positions.ĭylan Jadeja, president of Riot Games, said in a statement that Riot has known the Hypixel team for several years and has recognized their passion. As development kicks into high gear, Hypixel will benefit from Riot’s resources, Donaghey said. The reason minecraft Java edition became so prolific was because it could run on any device.

It is the holder of four Guinness World Records including “most popular independent server for a video game” (with 64,533 concurrent players) and “most unique players logged into a Minecraft server” (with 14.1 million players).Īaron “Noxy” Donaghey, the newly appointed CEO of Hypixel Studios, said in a statement that the company has been blown away by the enthusiastic response of players, and Riot is the right partner to help them deliver a game that lives up to expectations. If hytale won’t run natively on Linux then I won’t be paying for it.

The Hypixel server was established in April 2013 by Simon Collins-Laflamme and Philippe Touchette. And it had an accessible suite of tools for block-based construction, in-game scripting, and movie-making, and the Hytale Model Maker - a browser-based modeling and animation toolkit. It also had a wide variety of online minigames, and players can make and share those they make. Levin was an early investor in Hypixel, while Sanderson was the first investor in Phoenix Labs, which was acquired by Garena.Īs planned in 2018, the game featured an open-world adventure mode featuring combat, crafting, and construction for both solo players and groups. Min Kim, game industry veteran and cofounder of Bonfire Studios.įor Levin and Griffin Gaming Partners cofounder Phil Sanderson, it’s been a good month with two exits. (He invested personally, not in his role as a former executive at Lionsgate or his new firm Griffin Gaming Partners). Peter Levin, interactive media entrepreneur and investor. Rob Pardo, veteran game designer at Bonfire Studios and former designer of World of Warcraft.

#Riot buys hytale pro#

Besides Riot Games, advisers and investors included:ĭennis Fong, entrepreneur and pro gamer “Thresh” (he invested personally, not as CEO of ).

#Riot buys hytale mod#

Hypixel Studios has created to pursue the team’s goal of transitioning from a community mod team into a game development house.ĭevelopment of Hytale began in 2015 and was initially supported by the success of the Hypixel mod server. The game has already had 2.5 million sign-ups, and it will be available by 2021. The team behind the Hypixel server network, the world’s largest independent game server, announced the game back in 2018. Riot Games has known the company for a while, as it provided initial funding for it. The game originated from the creators of Hypixel, the world’s largest mod server. Hypixel’s Hytale is going to be a user-generated content (UGC) game - a community-powered sandbox world with a blocky 8-bit art style.

Hypixel Studios is now hiring 20 new positions in these areas and expects to find further growth opportunities as Hytale continues its development.Riot Games has bought Hypixel Studios, a maker of an upcoming game that resembles the popular titles Minecraft and Roblox. The new office should act as a base for back-office functions and quality assurance. They plan to establish a permanent office in Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland. With regard to corporate changes, it doesn’t look like Hypixel Studios will make any changes.

#Riot buys hytale professional#

It’ll help the studio take another leap forward in our journey from mod team to professional developers, and allows the team to realize our vision for Hytale.” Simon Collins’Laflamme, Co-founder of Hypixel Studios had additional things to say: “Riot’s been an important partner from the start and this is a natural step in our relationship. Riot was among the early investors when Hypixel was founded in 2018, and several members of the studio had worked at Riot in the past, so the move is a culmination of an existing relationship. This acquisition will bring our collaborative efforts with Noxy and the Hypixel team even closer together, and we can’t wait to see how their work continues to evolve.” When we led the investment in the Hypixel Studios team two years ago, we saw a group deeply immersed in existing block games who believed that the genre could better serve its community. Brian Cho, Head of Corporate and Business at Riot Games, had this to say: “Our investment criteria is ultimately pretty simply: we look for authentic game makers striving to improve player experience.