{"id":1472586,"date":"2026-01-23T21:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/JnzgdWMU9Woee4NBfFV8sL"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:44:08","slug":"minecrafts-lead-dev-says-hytale-is-very-polished-but-hed-rather-just-play-minecraft-and-hytale-boss-says-hes-probably-right-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/minecrafts-lead-dev-says-hytale-is-very-polished-but-hed-rather-just-play-minecraft-and-hytale-boss-says-hes-probably-right-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Minecraft&#8217;s lead dev says Hytale is &#8216;very polished&#8217; but he&#8217;d rather just play Minecraft, and Hytale boss says he&#8217;s &#8216;probably right&#8217;\u2014for now"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A passing glance will tell you there&#8217;s a lot of Minecraft DNA in Hytale, so much so that it only took a week for a modder to cobble together functional crossplay between the two games. Minecraft developer Mojang certainly seems aware of the resemblance: In <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jebox.bsky.social\/post\/3mcwbkjwaws2h\" target=\"_blank\">a post on Bluesky<\/a>, lead Minecraft designer and Mojang CCO Jens Bergensten said Hytale is &#8220;very polished&#8221; but he&#8217;d &#8220;like it to be more different,&#8221; as its current state leaves him feeling that he&#8217;d &#8220;just rather play Minecraft.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Simon Collins-Laflamme, founder and CEO of Hytale developer Hypixel, has since acknowledged Bergensten&#8217;s feedback with a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Simon_Hypixel\/status\/2014377275035115861\" target=\"_blank\">surprisingly candid response on X<\/a>, saying the lead Mojang dev is &#8220;probably right&#8221; to prefer a full-featured Minecraft to Hytale&#8217;s early days\u2014but he hopes his studio&#8217;s plans for Hytale&#8217;s future will eventually change that assessment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jebs saying Hytale feels very polished is the best compliment we could ever get. He is someone I respect very much, and I know he doesn&#8217;t talk much publicly about other games, so I appreciate that. I don&#8217;t think people understand the complex design of Minecraft: all the features\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/rnmpgLj1bp<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2014377275035115861\">January 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Calling Bergensten&#8217;s comment about Hytale&#8217;s level of polish &#8220;the best compliment we could ever get,&#8221; Collins-Laflamme\u2014himself a Minecraft modder with over a decade of experience\u2014reiterated his respect for Mojang&#8217;s work, saying he hopes &#8220;they understand the different vision a bit more and feel more comfortable with us being around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Collins-Laflamme says he shares many of the criticisms about Hytale&#8217;s early access launch state\u2014including Bergensten&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I understand Jens&#8217; sentiment when he says, &#8216;I&#8217;d rather just play Minecraft.&#8217; At this point, he is probably right to feel this way,&#8221; Collins-Laflamme said. &#8220;We haven&#8217;t had time to add all the features that make us unique, and the early-game experience we have is quite barebones compared to what we can do with World Gen V2 and other upcoming features.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;good news,&#8221; he says, is that Hypixel has both the plans and the talent to make Hytale into a game all its own. Since its <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/adventure\/hytale-is-saved-riot-sells-cancelled-game-back-to-original-co-founder-who-promises-to-take-it-back-to-the-original-vision-for-hytale\/\" target=\"_blank\">surprise resurrection<\/a> in November, Hypixel has plotted out an ambitious scope for the Hytale it hopes to make, aiming for <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hytale.com\/news\/2026\/1\/the-future-of-world-generation\" target=\"_blank\">improved, expanded world generation<\/a> and eventual implementation of an adventure mode with RPG mechanics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many of us want something new, more combat-adventure-based, exploration and fantasy-based, and this is why we are making and playing Hytale,&#8221; Collins-Laflamme. &#8220;It&#8217;s not to compete with or replace Minecraft; we just want something that resonates with us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the years ahead, he says, we&#8217;ll see &#8220;a major shift between Minecraft and Hytale as we expand our production of extensive modding tools, fantasy worlds, and much more.&#8221; It&#8217;s a big promise. We&#8217;ll have to see whether Hytale delivers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"4855dafa-6f5e-4e8e-86f2-ef30f310f2c5\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minecrafts-lead-dev-says-hytale-is-very-polished-but-hed-rather-just-play-minecraft-and-hytale-boss-says-hes-probably-right-for-now.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"4855dafa-6f5e-4e8e-86f2-ef30f310f2c5\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/survival-crafting\/minecrafts-lead-dev-says-hytale-is-very-polished-but-hed-rather-just-play-minecraft-and-hytale-boss-says-hes-probably-right-for-now\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A passing glance will tell you there&#8217;s a lot of Minecraft DNA in Hytale, so much so that it only took a week for a modder to cobble together functional crossplay between the two games. Minecraft developer Mojang certainly seems aware of the resemblance: In a post on Bluesky, lead Minecraft designer and Mojang CCO Jens Bergensten said Hytale is &#8220;very polished&#8221; but he&#8217;d &#8220;like it to be more different,&#8221; as its current state leaves him feeling that he&#8217;d &#8220;just rather play Minecraft.&#8221; Simon Collins-Laflamme, founder and CEO of Hytale developer Hypixel, has since acknowledged Bergensten&#8217;s feedback with a surprisingly candid response on X, saying the lead Mojang dev is &#8220;probably right&#8221; to prefer a full-featured Minecraft to Hytale&#8217;s early days\u2014but he hopes his studio&#8217;s&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/minecrafts-lead-dev-says-hytale-is-very-polished-but-hed-rather-just-play-minecraft-and-hytale-boss-says-hes-probably-right-for-now\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1472587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,9395],"class_list":["post-1472586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-survival-crafting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minecraft&#039;s lead dev says Hytale is &#039;very polished&#039; 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