The Minecraft-like sandbox game Hytale has been off to a strong start. After Riot canceled the game in June 2025, its original creator, Hypixel Studios, bought back the rights and launched it in Early Access this January. Hytale has apparently exceeded the studio's own expectations, which is impressive given its lead designer, Simon Collins-Laflamme, said he expected the game to hit over 1 million players on release day.
Control Resonant is now out (though not yet physically), and developer Remedy Entertainment has already deployed a patch to further fine-tune the combat, so early enemies won't feel too tanky. More updates are on the way, and on Friday, Remedy shared its post-launch plans for the action RPG.
Embark Studios has announced a new matchmaking test for Arc Raiders that'll allow players to opt into a PvE version featuring none of the usual player-versus-player violence. It's the developer's response to a growing portion of the playerbase apparently uninterested in hurting their raiders-in-arms.

