Hytale surges to the most-watched game on Twitch, attracting over 420,000 viewers with its long-awaited launch

It might have taken a decade of development, cancellation, and miraculous project revival, but Hytale, the Minecraft-esque voxel sandbox RPG, has finally launched in early access. As a metric for just how much hype Hytale has built up, its first announcement trailer has amassed an absurd 62 million views since it was uploaded in 2018. We are, eternally, yearning to play with blocks.

For Hytale, that yearning seems to have paid off. After going live earlier today, Hytale is at time of writing the most watched game on Twitch by far...