Ubisoft battle royale Hyper Scape will shut down this April Rock Paper Shotgun
Ubisoft battle royale Hyper Scape will shut down this April Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Ubisoft battle royale Hyper Scape will shut down this April Death from above News by Graham Smith Contributor Published on Jan. 28, 2022 4 comments Hyper Scape was launched suddenly in July 2020. Initially accessible only via Twitch drops, early streams gathered half a million viewers before it opened up to everyone ten days later. Unfortunately its drop in popularity was just as sudden, and almost as immediate. Eighteen months later, Ubisoft have announced they're ending development and shutting the game down on April 28th. "We have made the difficult decision to end development of Hyper Scape and shut the game down as of April 28th," reads the extremely brief post. "We set out to create a vertical, close-quarters, and fast-paced shooter experience and we are extremely grateful to our community for joining us on our journey. We will be taking key learnings from this game into future products." Watch on YouTube To its credit, Hyper Scape tried to do something different within the battle royale genre. Matt Cox compared it to Quake, owing to its rapid pace. "No quietly stalking through fields, or merrily yet slowly looting your way up to a deadly loadout. This is all guns all the time, baby - when it's not all skyward leaps, groundpounds, teleports and bouncing metallic bubble shields." It didn't click with players, however, and three months after launch Ubisoft wrote that they "were not able to achieve the high expectations we set for ourselves," particularly around its August launch on console. They set about making changes by adding new game modes, with plans to make it easier for new players. I guess these changes didn't produce the results Ubisoft hoped for. The publisher said last year that the time was right for "high-end free-to-play games" across all their many series, but so far their attempts at live services games have mostly produced duds, including Ghost Recon Frontline which was shoved back in the oven even before its first closed beta. Elsewhere, when not launching NFTs, Ubisoft continue to be accused by employees of not doing enough in response to an alleged workplace culture of harassment and abuse. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 22 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here