Riot Games, the Santa Monica-based game studio behind League of Legends, has acquired Hypixel Studios. The newly formed studio — which was founded in 2018 by Simon Collins-Laflamme and Philippe Touchette, who created the successful independent Minecraft server Hypixel — is currently working on its first game, an open-world concept called Hytale, whichcombines an adventure mode featuring combat, crafting and construction for solo players and groups; a variety of minigames; and a suite of tools for block-based construction, moviemaking and more.
Hytale is set to launch in 2021. "Over the last 18 months, we've been fortunate to advise Hypixel Studios as they build toward their vision for evolving a game genre that reaches an incredibly diverse.
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