Hytale's early access release date will soon be announced by its developers. Recently, Simon, the original developer of the title and co-founder of Hypixel, took back the game's ownership from Riot Games and is aiming to release it. Among several development updates, they announced that they will soon reveal the game's early access release date.Here are more details about Hytale's early access release date and its development progress.Hytale early access release date to be announced soonOn November 27, 2025, Simon posted on X that he would announce Hytale early access release date on Friday, November 28, 2025, at 10 am EST. It is worth noting that this is only the announcement of the release date, not the actual launch of the game's early access version.Hypixel's co-founder has been quite active on X, setting expectations for the game's release and posting about its development. In the Hytale early access release date post, he once again "reset" fans' expectations and stated that the game could take more time than anticipated. He also hinted that the early access might not be released before Christmas.Here's what he wrote:"Let me break it to you and reset expectations, the acquisition took just long enough to prevent us from doing a release before Holidays. That’s why it took us so long to announce the date, we tried to push as hard as we could but legally there is just too much to do and we would be cutting too close to Christmas."We will soon know the Hytale early access release date, along with when the developers might open pre-orders for it.Hytale developer showcases various features in a recent gameplay videoA few days ago, Simon posted a massive 16-minute-long YouTube gameplay video of Hytale. In this video, he shows various combat, healing, movement, and magic mechanics.Several hostile creatures were shown in the video, which looked noticeably more complex and mystical than Minecraft. There were several Minecraft mod-like features added to the new sandbox, like tree logs automatically falling when the base is mined, a better third-person camera, an in-game world map, etc.The video even shows creation tools, which are essentially a modified creative mode from Minecraft. These tools include asset editor, model editor, worldgen editor, builder tools, etc.Check out our other content:Minecraft Mounts of Mayhem release date announcedHytale announces pricing days after it was reacquired by founderWhy Minecraft fans should look forward to Hytale