Riot Games recently announced the cancellation of its Minecraft-inspired Hytale project, with the closure of the development team, Hypixel Studios. A former member of the development team spoke about the reason for the project’s cancellation, stating that Riot Games was not responsible for this decision, but rather that it arose from internal problems within the team’s management.
The head of the security and IT department for the team, who uses the username DevSlashNull, explained through his official account on the X platform that a new management team had been appointed, and that the previous management was deemed incompetent to handle the project, which caused the project to spin in a vicious cycle that eventually led to its demise. He stated that players should be angry about the project’s loss due to mismanagement.
What’s interesting is that the reason for appointing this new management and how this decision, which had disastrous consequences for the team, was not explained. However, the developer explained that Riot Games has been a good partner to the team and that working with them has been wonderful in an environment that supports the developer and enables it to achieve its ambitions.
