The exploration, crafting, and adventure RPG Hytale has been postponed from a planned 2021 release to 2023. The postponement was announced by Hytale's developer, Hypixel Studios, in a summer 2021 development update, the first in six months.

"What is becoming increasingly clear is that we have several more years of work ahead of us before Hytale is ready for release. 'We don't want to provide another launch timeline that turns out to be wrong. However, we no longer believe that Hytale will be ready for launch by 2023 at the earliest, and it is very possible that it could take much longer"

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Part of the post was an admission to fans about the growing pains of integrating Hypixel's new, larger team after its acquisition by Riot Games last year. This delayed development and expanded the scope of Hytale itself as new team members with new skills joined the team.

We used to think quite highly of Hytale and enjoyed its whimsical, poop-flying antics.

Along with the big update, the Hytale team posted some information about combat changes and upgrades and improvements to enemy AI. Several gifs showing the new sword-and-shield and mace combat styles, as well as some gifs showing player and AI combat with swords and shields, give an overview of these changes. The new AI system evaluates not only how enemies fight, but also the AI's own attacks. Character customization is also introduced.

Cheers, RPS.