Reviving Hytale is such a risky proposition, its founder kind of "wants Riot to say no" to his offer for the Minecraft rival because it "makes no business sense"

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Original Hytale and Hypixel Studios founder Simon Collins-Laflamme is trying to buy back the canceled adventure from League of Legends owner Riot Games, but he's not doing so because he thinks it'll make him tons of money. He's actually nervous that the risky investment will make his life "sh***y" for a while.

Responding to complaints that he's maybe overhyping a comeback that's not even official yet, Collins-Laflamme explained that he needs "to communicate at least a little bit to see if this is worth fighting for" and "If the community would have been completely upset to what I have been saying I would have just not taken the shot at it."

"Reality is I don’t need this to make my life better or make more money, all of my businesses are running profits and I have great amount of free time. I have beat the game of life already. Why would I complicate my current happiness? If this fails I have nothing to promote, I will go back to my own things and be content for life."

Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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