Hypixel’s once-canceled Minecraft-like Hytale is almost right here. Introduced in December 2018 with a trailer so thrilling it is clocked up an unimaginable 62 million views on YouTube, Hytale was acquired by Riot Video games in 2020 and languished in growth hell for a bit earlier than being canceled utterly in June 2025. In November, nevertheless, it was offered again to one of the unique co-founders and revived, full with an early entry launch date on PC: January 13.
Co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme expects the early entry recreation to garner vital curiosity, predicting “over one million players on the early access release day” and advising gamers obtain the launcher and log in now to assist “considerably scale back launch-day stress.”
Keep in mind, Hytale is not obtainable on Steam or the Epic Video games retailer, so you may want to pop over to the official website to download the launcher from there, click on obtain, and choose Download for Home windows. You may then have to set up the launcher to play.
Hytale early entry international launch occasions:
Relying on the place you’re on the planet, Hytale is about to go reside on:
Tuesday, January 13, 2026:
PST (San Francisco):
CST (Austin, Mexico Metropolis):
EST (New York):
GMT (London):
CET (Paris):
JST (Tokyo):
CST (Beijing):
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
AEST (Sydney):
NZST (Wellington):
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