Software:Hypixel
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| Developer(s) | Hypixel Inc. |
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| Initial release | April 13, 2013 |
| Type | Game server |
| Website | hypixel |
Hypixel is a Minecraft mini-game server, founded on April 14, 2013, by Simon Collins-Laflamme and Philippe Touchette, from Hypixel Inc.. (As of December 2018), the server has had a total of 14 million unique logins. It runs on the Java Edition of Minecraft.[1]
History
Hypixel was founded on April 14, 2013, by Simon Collins-Laflamme and Philippe Touchette.[2][3][4] The two originally created Minecraft adventure maps and uploaded them to their YouTube channel. Their maps gained popularity in the Minecraft community. It was around this time when Hypixel released what originally was their largest project to date, the Hypixel Network. Minigames made for the server soon gained popularity and became the focus, and efforts from Hypixel were put towards new server content instead of classic Minecraft Maps.[5] On December 21, 2016, Hypixel reached 10 million unique players in total,[6] and reached 14 million on December 13, 2018.[7] Hypixel attracts around 2 million players each month.[2]
Around April 2018, Hypixel started to use Cloudflare Spectrum as a DDoS protection after being the victim of attacks hosted by Mirai against the server.[8][9]
Hytale
On December 13, 2018, a stand-alone game named Hytale was announced to be in development by Hypixel Studios, a newly-founded company by the creators of Hypixel,[7][10][11][12] with support from Riot Games and other developers including Dennis Fong, Rob Pardo and Peter Levine.[7] Development for Hytale started in 2015.[11] The trailer for Hytale was released on December 13, 2018, and amassed over 30 million views within a month.[13][14]
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result | Reference(s) |
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| 2017 | Guinness World Records | Most Popular Independent Server For a Video Game | Hypixel Network | Won | [7][11] |
| Most Unique Players Logged Into a Minecraft Server: 11,982,298 | Hypixel Network | Won | [1] | ||
| Most Popular Minecraft Server Network | Hypixel Network | Won | [1] | ||
| Most Games on a Minecraft Server: 43 | Hypixel Network | Won | [15][non-primary source needed] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MacGregor, Jodie (20 December 2018). "Hytale is a Minecraft follow-up that remembers the minigames". RockPaperShotgun. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/12/20/hytale-is-a-minecraft-follow-up-that-remembers-the-minigames/. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wiltshire, Alex (September 15, 2015). "The Future Of Minecraft's Biggest Servers". https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/09/15/minecraft-biggest-servers/. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ↑ Brown, Fraser (13 December 2018). "The designers of one of Minecraft's most popular servers are making a blocky RPG". https://www.pcgamer.com/the-designers-of-one-of-minecrafts-most-popular-servers-are-making-a-blocky-rpg/. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ↑ "7 Oldest Minecraft Servers". 22 February 2018. http://www.oldest.org/entertainment/minecraft-servers/. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ↑ EGX (6 April 2019). "RPS Presents: The Story Of Hytale | Developer Sessions | EGX Rezzed 2019". https://youtube.com/watch?v=zSFErGyM89E&t=6m40s.
- ↑ Guthrie, Robert. "The Uncertain Future of Minecraft's Independent Servers" (in en-US). Kotaku. https://kotaku.com/the-uncertain-future-of-minecrafts-independent-servers-1790360981.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Riot Games Leads Investment in Hypixel Game Studio" (in en). https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/riot-games-leads-investment-hypixel-game-studio-1168889. Retrieved 14 Dec 2018.
- ↑ "Internet security expert links massive botnet DDoS attacks to Minecraft disputes" (in en). PC Gamer. https://www.pcgamer.com/internet-security-expert-links-massive-botnet-ddos-attacks-to-minecraft-disputes/.
- ↑ "Cloudflare Spectrum – DDoS protection for the rest of the Internet" (in en-US). https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/255771-cloudflare-spectrum-ddos-protection-for-the-rest-of-the-internet.html.
- ↑ Fogel, Stefanie (13 December 2018). "Creators of Popular 'Minecraft' Server Announce New Game 'Hytale'" (in en). https://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/hypixel-studios-reveals-hytale-1203089201/. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Takahashi, Dean (13 December 2018). "Beware, Minecraft and Roblox. Here comes the blocky world of Hytale". https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/13/beware-minecraft-and-roblox-here-comes-the-blocky-world-of-hytale/. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ↑ Tarason, Dominic (Dec 13, 2018). "Hytale is a blocky sandbox RPG spawned from a massive Minecraft server". https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/12/13/hypixels-riot-backed-hytale-announced/. Retrieved Dec 17, 2018.
- ↑ Milkameluna (2019-01-09). "Hytale : 30 millions de vues sur le trailer d'annonce" (in French). https://www.millenium.org/news/321846.html. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ↑ Fischer, Tyler (2019-01-12). "First Trailer of 'Minecraft' Inspired Game 'Hytale' Has 31 Million Views In Less Than 30 Days". https://comicbook.com/gaming/amp/2019/01/12/hytale-trailer-minecraft-pc/. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
- ↑ "It's Official - Hypixel holds 4 Guinness World Records". https://hypixel.net/threads/its-official-hypixel-holds-4-guinness-world-records.1391013/. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
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