The creators of League of Legends make sure one of the games that is receiving the most attention.
Riot Games, the creators of League of Legends, have just announced the acquisition of Hypixel Studios, which a few months ago surprised with the impact and repercussion they achieved with the trailer for their Hytale project, a game called to compete with Minecraft and to overcome the technical and creative limits of the Mojang game.
"Minecraft Killer"
Hytale was one of the most important, creative, and lucrative communities around Minecraft, until Mojang cut funding wings to private servers, convincing the team to embark on the adventure of creating a game where they can control their own destiny without depending on the decisions of others. After advancing the project and obtaining financing from various investment groups -including Riot itself-, they managed to shape a project that made a great impression with its first official trailer, with more than 55 million views, something unheard of for a novel studio with just the reputation of your Minecraft server.
That impact and his own experience advising Hypixel in his first 18 months are what have convinced Riot to increase its participation and take ownership of the studio, which it will guarantee full autonomy but will welcome in its powerful wing, which is currently in full swing. expansion after many years linked exclusively to the phenomenon of League of Legends. Today he has the open beta card game Legends of Runeterra, and the closed beta tactical shooter Valorant, plus other projects on the horizon. The purchase of Hypixel fits within what seems to be the intention to occupy strategic and massive genres with which to take Riot to new heights within the video game.
Hytale is slated to begin playable in Fall 2021.
