Ubisoft’s new battle royale is already Twitch’s most watched game

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Ubisoft has officially announced its battle royale game Hyper Scape, following a round of teasers earlier this week.

Hyper Scape is described as “the first battle royale built exclusively for Twitch,” with viewers able to vote for in-game events and view player stats and loadouts right from their browsers.

The Assassin’s Creed publisher launched a technical test on Thursday, with access granted via Twitch Drops for watching streams of the game.

Just like the hugely successful launches of Valorant and Apex Legends, Ubisoft has invited hundreds of streamers and pro players to debut Hyper Scape on their platforms – and so far the strategy has been successful.

At the time of publishing, the shooter is the most watched game on the Amazon-owned streaming platform with almost 500,000 viewers.



Hyper Scape is a free-to-play, 100-player FPS set in a futuristic urban environment. Three-player squads and solo players can dive into the futuristic virtual city of Neo- Arcadia to engage in “dynamic firefights, quickly transitioning from narrow streets to open rooftops.”

Hyper Scape introduces Hacks, abilities that players can loot in the world and which grant offensive and defensive capabilities such as laying down a mine, seeking an enemy, protecting the squad with a big wall or turning invisible. All Hacks and weapons can be upgraded.

Hyper Scape also innovates within the genre with features such as Decay which dissolves the map of Neo-Arcadia into different patterns, or the Echo mechanic that keeps players active in the battle even when they’re down.

At the end of a Hyper Scape match, the showdown phase starts when the Hyper Scape crown spawns on the map. Players have two different ways to claim victory, either by picking up and carrying the crown for 45 seconds or by being the last player or squad standing.

According to an earlier report, the game will launch for both PC and consoles, with the latter set to arrive later this year and support cross-platform play. Hyper Scape is expected to enter open beta on July 12.



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MushroomElmPosted:

ZTG Yawn another fantasy battle royale game.


Yeah, but at least the fans get to impact the game in some kind of way. That's the only real twist added to this game, and something that is becoming more popular as it catches on. It'll be interesting to see if it becomes more mainstream for streamers playing games.

DeftonesPosted:

Yawn another fantasy battle royale game.

JosePosted:

Please dont tell me its just a futuristic copy of FN

XboxPosted:

I'll have to check this game out more.

0101010101010101Posted:

ifconfig I know Twitch is a massive platform, but strange decision to make it strictly Twitch only.


well mixer is dead so not a bad idea. Facebooks new streaming wont be shit (i know its a thing bud for gamers the moneys not there.)

DanielPosted:

I haven't watched anything about this yet but when i'm on Twitch tomorrow i might jump into a stream and have a look at what the deal is with this! It looks fun asf from where i'm standing!

ifconfigPosted:

I know Twitch is a massive platform, but strange decision to make it strictly Twitch only.

ifconfigPosted:

XyIon
Gary The game is actually quite fun. Anyone who enjoys arena shooters like quake would probably really like this game. It doesn't feel like a BR at all. Just a large scale fast paced arena shooter.


This is exactly what I have been looking for. Def gonna give it a try.


Gary described it perfectly. Definitely worth a try.

tO0tPosted:

This game looks pretty fun!

KixaPosted:

This looks pretty fun, forsure will try it out.