Hyper Scape, the neon-cyberpunk battle royale from Ubisoft, will shut down soon.
Over on Hyper Scape’s website, a statement quietly let everyone know that the free-to-play first-person shooter is closing up shop on April 29, 2022.
“We have made the difficult decision to end development of Hyper Scape and shut the game down as of April 28,” Ubisoft said. “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.”
Ubisoft didn’t elaborate on why Hyper Scape is shutting down, but it’s likely due to the game never finding an audience. Between Apex Legends, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Fortnite, the battle royale genre is overflowing with fierce competition.
A message regarding the future of Hyper Scape: https://t.co/IUhzJsSm9I pic.twitter.com/8HplpcqdCY
— Hyper Scape (@HyperScapeGame) January 27, 2022
There are also tons of great free-to-play games that make success difficult, even for a huge company like Ubisoft. There’s also the fact that Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Frontline, another free-to-play FPS from Ubisoft, is coming later this year.
Recently, Ubisoft released Rainbow Six Extraction, which is surprisingly good. The company is also bringing more than 100 games to Xbox via its Ubisoft+ subscription separate from Xbox Game Pass, despite being on the same platform.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
