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|Currently in beta. Most popular minigame. Based on the extremely popular Minecraft map, [[Skyblock]].
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|The third most popular minigame. First game to feature an automated tournament system with rewards rotation.
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Revision as of 15:18, 30 June 2020

Hypixel
Developer(s)Hypixel Inc.
Initial releaseApril 13, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-04-13)
PlatformMinecraft: Java Edition
TypeMinecraft server
Websitehypixel.net

The Hypixel Network is a Minecraft minigame server released on April 13, 2013, by Simon "Hypixel" Collins-Laflamme and Philippe Touchette, and is managed by Hypixel Inc. Hypixel is only available on the Java Edition of Minecraft,[1] although the server once was able to be played on the Pocket Edition of the game. Hypixel has won four Guinness World Records.

History

The Hypixel server was released in beta on April 13, 2013, by Simon Collins-Laflamme, whose username is Hypixel, and Philippe Touchette.[2][3] The two originally created Minecraft adventure maps together[1] and uploaded trailers to their YouTube channel. The Hypixel server was created to play and further showcase these maps. Minigames were originally created for users to play on while waiting for other players,[3] but the minigames themselves gained popularity on their own and became the server's main identity, and efforts from Hypixel were put towards new server content instead of the making of other Minecraft maps and games.[1][4][5] In 2015, it was revealed that the server cost around $100,000 a month to maintain, back when the server had around 16,000 players online.[4] Today, the server regularly reaches over 100,000 concurrent players.[6]

Hypixel China

In May 2017, Hypixel partnered with NetEase, the publisher of Minecraft China, to release a version of Hypixel in China.[7] This separate version of Minecraft and the Hypixel Minecraft server would be operated and translated by NetEase, as part of their partnership.[8]

On April 13, 2020, NetEase announced that the Chinese version of the server would be shutting down on June 30, 2020, due to the expiration of the agreement.[9]

Hytale

Main article: Hytale

On December 13, 2018, a stand-alone game named Hytale was announced to the public to be in development by Hypixel Studios, a separate company founded by the creators of Hypixel,[10][11][12][13] with support from Riot Games and other developers including Dennis Fong, Rob Pardo and Peter Levine.[10] Development for Hytale started around 2015 and was teased at occasionally.[12] The trailer for Hytale was released on December 13, 2018, and amassed over 30 million views within a month.[14][15] On April 16, 2020, Riot Games announced their full acquisition of Hypixel Studios.[16]

Accolades

Award Category Performance Date Result References
Guinness World Records[10][11][12][17] Most Popular Independent Server For a Video Game 64,533 concurrent players 7 July 2017 Won [10][1][11][12]
Most Popular Minecraft Server Network [1]
Most Games[acc 1] on a Minecraft Server 43 games 11 August 2017 [17]
Most Unique Players Logged Into a Minecraft Server 11,982,298 players 24 August 2017 [10][12]
  1. ^ Guinness[17] considers a game as a "live game, which Minecraft players could log in and play" and the count "excludes different modes for the same game and games that have been removed"

Minigames

The server currently offers a wide selection of different minigames, catering to the range of players who join the server. Some, however, have been removed due to low player counts or other reasons.

List of Active Minigames
Name Release Date[prototype 1] Notes
SkyBlock 11 June 2019[18] Currently in beta. Most popular minigame.[citation needed] Based on the extremely popular Minecraft map, Skyblock.
The Pit 26 February 2018[19] Longest game in Prototype phase : over two years
BedWars 19 January 2017[20] The second most popular minigame.[citation needed]
SkyWars 14 June 2015[21] The third most popular minigame.[citation needed] First game to feature an automated tournament system with rewards rotation.
Murder Mystery 20 February 2017[22]
Tournament Mode 1st October 2013[23] Players could compete to earn Tournament Tokens for exclusive items. However, after the initial Walls and Quake items+tournament and a Mega Walls tournament the year later, the idea got abandoned. The latest trace of the former system got removed when the exclusive Quake item became unlockable with Quake's Shop Upgrade.[24]
2019 (V2 version) Replaces the 2013 experiment. Periodically, the Lobby opens and a game runs with a time-limited tournament mode.
Housing 24 September 2015[25] Since 14 April 2016, the Housing game mode on Hypixel has hosted a "Featured World" for the New York Times, made with the collaboration of Christoph Niemann,[26] but as of June 2020, it is no longer available.
Arcade Games 26 June 2014[27] Contains smaller, more contained minigames with no progression.
Build Battle 11 April 2015[28]
Duels 19 January 2017[20]
Prototype 19 January 2017[20] The Prototype Lobby (PTL) is a place for testing more unique games, with less support than full minigames.[29]
UHC Champions 20 December 2014[30] UHC Chpamions is an ultra-hardcore (hence UHC) survival mode, where the goal is similar to a battle-royale, where the last player standing wins in a player-versus-player environment.
TNT Games
Classic Games 19 April 2017[31] Contains minigames from the servers' origins and less-popular ones.
Cops and Crims 28 September 2014[32] Inspired by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
Blitz Survival Games 2013 Inspired by The Hunger Games. One of the oldest Hypixel games, and the only pre-Mega Walls game not classified as a "Classic"
Mega Walls 8 December 2013[33] During development, was known as "Walls 3" (The Walls minigame is an adaptation of the map "The Walls 2")
Smash Heroes 11 January 2016[34]
Warlords 21 February 2015[35][36][37]
  1. ^ "Release Date" refers on the date of first availability. Games could be "released" in beta for several years after said date.

Grouped games

Some games aren't allocated their own lobby

Classic games contains the first games from Hypixel[classic 1]

List of Classic Minigames
Name Release Date Date of classification as Classic Notes
Paintball Warfare 2013 19 April 2017[38] The only minigame with gameplay features based on the real-time day : some unlocks are free for everybody during Wednesdays
Quakecraft 2013 First game to use some end-game achievements-based unlocks
The Walls 2013 Inspired by one of the Hypixel Maps, "The Walls 2"
Arena Brawl 2013 The first game to feature the "Common/Rare/Epic/Legendary" rarity system, which is now a standard across the games. Also the first game to feature recurrent competitions, a system later reused with Ranked Skywars
VampireZ 2013
Turbo Kart Racers 22 May 2015[39] The only post-2014 classic game. A recreation of Mario Kart with Minecraft's engine by using custom 3D models.
  1. ^ As a rule of thumb, Classic Games are all games released before Mega Walls. The only exceptions are the still-independant "Blitz Survival Games" and the younger game "Turbo Kart Racers"

Arcade games contains small games. As those games don't feature their own economy, their coins[arcade 1] can be converted into coins for most games on the network. Gambling was initially planned, but scraped because Arcade contains a lot for family-friendly games.

List of Arcade Minigames
Name Release Date Date of removal Notes
Build Battle 2018 Became a fully independant game.
Hole In The Wall 2017 — Also exists as a part of the Party Games 2 compilation
Party Games 1 26 June 2014[40] — A compilation of small and fast-paced games. The winner is the one with the most points at the end.
Party Games 2 — Because of its popularity, Hole In The Wall then became a full Arcade Game
Party Games 3 — A compilation of small and fast-paced games. The winner is the one with the most points at the end.
Simon Says — The skin of the presenter NPC is a stealthy pun : it's Hypixel's skin, whose real name is Simon.
Santa Says Every December Every January A christmas variant of Simon Says
Grinch Simulator A christmas-exclusive game where players must steal presents in the houses of a village.
  1. ^ As Arcade Coins are exchangeable, they are also often used for loyalty rewards or events

Prototype games are beta projects from Hypixel. Some of them ended released, others were removed.

List of Prototype Minigames
Name Start Date End Date Released Notes
King of the Hill — Pending
The Pit 26 February 2018[19] 21 April 2020[41] Yes First game to feature persistence during the Prototype Phase.
Battle Royale

Removed games

In some cases due to a critical lack of players, games have been merged with another game or completely removed. In case of a merge, if both games use coins, then the coins are transfered. In all cases, currencies and achievements are lost, but already obtained achievements stays listed as legacy achievements.

List of Removed Minigames
Name Release Date Date of Removal Notes
Sky Clash 6 October 2016[42]
Crazy Walls 8 November 2015[43]
Speed UHC Merged with UHC Champions as an alternate mode.

Trivia

  • On December 21, 2016, Hypixel reached 10 million unique players in total,[44] and had reached 14.1 million unique players by the time Hytale was announced on December 13, 2018.[10] The server reached 18 million unique players in April 2020, according to a tweet by the server owner.[45]
  • As of September 15, 2015, Hypixel attracts 1.9 million players every month.[4]
  • Around April 2018, Hypixel began to use Cloudflare Spectrum as a DDoS protection after being the victim of multiple attacks hosted by Mirai against the server.[46][47]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e MacGregor, Jodie (December 20, 2018). "Hytale is a Minecraft follow-up that remembers the minigames". RockPaperShotgun. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "Official Hypixel Minecraft Server 1.5.2 (BETA)". Hypixel - Minecraft Server and Maps. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b Simpkins, Jen. "First Look: Hytale is putting adventure and creativity at the heart of its ambitious block-building sandbox". GamesRadar+. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Wiltshire, Alex (September 15, 2015). "The Future Of Minecraft's Biggest Servers". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  5. ^ Brown, Fraser (December 13, 2018). "The designers of one of Minecraft's most popular servers are making a blocky RPG". PC Gamer. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  6. ^ "Minetrack Data". Minetrack. May 22, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "NetEase Reveals Games Pipeline at Third Annual Game Enthusiasts' Day". PR Newswire. May 22, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  8. ^ "Hypixel is coming to China". Hypixel Forums. May 21, 2017. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Hypixel中国版服务器停止运营公告" [Announcement about the suspension of the Hypixel China Edition server]. mc.163.com (in Chinese). April 13, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Riot Games Leads Investment in Hypixel Game Studio". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  11. ^ a b c Fogel, Stefanie (December 13, 2018). "Creators of Popular 'Minecraft' Server Announce New Game 'Hytale'". Variety. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  12. ^ a b c d e Takahashi, Dean (13 December 2018). "Beware, Minecraft and Roblox. Here comes the blocky world of Hytale". VentureBeat. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  13. ^ Tarason, Dominic (December 13, 2018). "Hytale is a blocky sandbox RPG spawned from a massive Minecraft server". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  14. ^ Milkameluna (January 9, 2019). "Hytale : 30 millions de vues sur le trailer d'annonce". Millennium.org (in French). Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  15. ^ Fischer, Tyler (January 12, 2019). "First Trailer of 'Minecraft' Inspired Game 'Hytale' Has 31 Million Views In Less Than 30 Days". ComicBook.com. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  16. ^ "Riot Games Acquires Hypixel Studios, Developer of Upcoming Block Game Hytale". riotgames.com. April 16, 2020. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  17. ^ a b c "Application Record Search". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  18. ^ "New Prototype Game - Hypixel SkyBlock". Hypixel Forums. June 11, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ a b "New PTL Game - The Hypixel Pit". Hypixel Forums. February 26, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ a b c "The Prototype Lobby (PTL) is now live! Help us playtest cool new stuff". Hypixel Forums. January 19, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "New Game! SkyWars". Hypixel Forums. June 14, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ "New PTL Game - Murder Mystery". Hypixel Forums. February 20, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ "Introducing Tournament Tokens". Hypixel Forums. October 1, 2013.
  24. ^ "Quakecraft Update - New Content, Bug Fixes, and more!". Hypixel Forums. October 5, 2018.
  25. ^ "Housing has Launched!". Hypixel Forums. September 24, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  26. ^ Thompson, Clive. "The Minecraft Generation". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  27. ^ "The Arcade Games are now Public Beta!". Hypixel Forums. June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  28. ^ "New Featured Arcade Game: Build Battle!". April 11, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  29. ^ "Announcing the Prototype Lobby - Help us test new games + features". Hypixel Forums. January 5, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  30. ^ "UHC Champions". Hypixel Forums. December 20, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  31. ^ "The Classic Games Lobby is now live!". Hypixel Forums. April 19, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  32. ^ "Cops and Crims". Hypixel Forums. September 28, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  33. ^ "Mega Walls public BETA". Hypixel Forums. December 8, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  34. ^ "Hypixel's Smash Heroes is NOW LIVE!". Hypixel Forums. January 11, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  35. ^ "Warlords Public Beta: First Wave". Hypixel Forums. February 21, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  36. ^ "Warlords Open Beta". Hypixel Forums. February 21, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  37. ^ "Warlords Upcoming Beta Information". Hypixel Forums. February 20, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  38. ^ "The Classic Games Lobby is now live!". Hypixel Forums. April 19, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  39. ^ "Welcome to Turbo Kart Racers!". Hypixel Forums. May 22, 2015.
  40. ^ "The Arcade Games are now Public Beta!". Hypixel Forums. June 26, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  41. ^ "The Pit Update 1.0.0 - Release!". Hypixel Forums. April 21, 2020.
  42. ^ "SkyClash Full Release - New Mega mode & more!". Hypixel Forums. October 6, 2016.
  43. ^ "Crazy Walls released!". Hypixel Forums. November 8, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  44. ^ Guthrie, Robert. "The Uncertain Future of Minecraft's Independent Servers". Kotaku. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  45. ^ Collins-Laflamme, Simon [@Simon_Hypixel] (April 6, 2020). "We just hit 18,000,000 unique players on the Hypixel Minecraft server! That means about 52% of people who bought Minecraft java edition manually typed the address and logged on the server Thank you all for this opportunity, I am still working hard like day 1. Love you all" (Tweet). Retrieved April 7, 2020 – via Twitter.
  46. ^ "Internet security expert links massive botnet DDoS attacks to Minecraft disputes". PC Gamer. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  47. ^ "Cloudflare Spectrum – DDoS protection for the rest of the Internet". Retrieved December 11, 2018.
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