Ubisoft is shutting down Hyper Scape less than two years after launch

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Ubisoft announced on Thursday that it will shut downward the servers for its showtime-person battle royale, Hyper Scape, on April 28. "We accept made the difficult determination to terminate development of Hyper Scape," the company wrote in a brief argument published on its website.

In the statement, the visitor likewise expressed gratitude toward its community, thanking players for their "passion and dedication" to the game. Ubisoft too stated that it would take "cardinal learnings" from Hyper Scape into its hereafter projects.

Hyper Scape is a free-to-play battle royale with a focus on vertical movement and close-quarters combat. The shooter likewise features Twitch integration, assuasive viewers to straight affect gameplay by voting on diverse gameplay modifiers, such as low gravity or infinite ammo, to apply to each match.

Despite a fairly successful open beta that boasted high player counts and viewership, the game was not specially well-received upon its launch in August 2022. Ultimately, it failed to achieve the lasting success exhibited by other boxing royales — namely Apex Legends and Fortnite. At the time of writing, the game has an underwhelming 22 viewers on Twitch, according to its Twitch page.

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This news follows Ubisoft'due south announcement on Mon that Watch Dogs: Legion — another Ubisoft title released in 2022 — would no longer receive updates.