Minigames were originally created for users to play on while waiting for other players, but the minigames themselves gained popularity on their own and became the server's main identity, and efforts from Hypixel were put towards new server content instead of the making of other Minecraft maps and games. The Hypixel server was created to play and further showcase these maps. The two originally created Minecraft adventure maps together and uploaded trailers to their YouTube channel.

The server is managed and run by Hypixel Inc. The Hypixel server was released in beta on April 13, 2013, by Simon Collins-Laflamme, and Philippe Touchette. Hypixel has held four Guinness World Records and is widely considered to be the largest currently active Minecraft server. Hypixel is only available on the Java Edition of Minecraft, but was formerly available on the Bedrock Edition of the game as well. Hypixel, officially the Hypixel Network, is a Minecraft minigame server released on April 13, 2013, by Simon 'Hypixel' Collins-Laflamme and Philippe Touchette, and is managed and run by Hypixel Inc.

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