Hytale developer Hypixel Studios has announced that pre-purchases of the upcoming voxel-based sandbox RPG have already covered two years of the game's development, so it looks like the future is bright for the once-ill-fated project.
In a message on X, Hypixel's Simon Collins-Laflamme says the studio has "officially secured the next two years of development costs through pre-purchases", so even if nobody else were to buy Hytale now, it would be supported for at least that long.
Additionally, Collins-Laflamme says he's committed to supporting and working on Hytale for ten years as a "personal commitment", closing by saying his studio and the game are "looking very strong for the future".
In case you need a reminder, Hytale is a sandbox RPG that began life as a specialized Minecraft server run by Collins-Laflamme and his fellow Hypixel staffers before being spun off into its own (rather ambitious!) project in 2018.
In 2020, Riot Games purchased Hypixel and the rights to Hytale, but in June last year, the League of Legends and Valorant developer announced that it was shutting Hypixel down and canceling Hytale's development.
Initially, that seemed like the end of the story,...
