A few days after Ubisoft’s free Battle Royale shooter was leaked, the game launched on Thursday night. We have all the info and details about the game.
No, Hyper Scape is not the new song by German electro band Scooter. Hyper Scape is the name of Ubisoft’s new free-to-play battle royale shooter, which was first leaked earlier this week and surprisingly launched last night. We have all the info on the multiplayer game. The next Free2Play hit after the Trackmania comeback?
Hyper Scape: Attack on CoD: Warzone and Apex Legends
Hyper Scape was developed by Ubisoft Montreal and is set in the distant future of the year 2054. Up to one hundred players immerse themselves in the virtual city of Neo-Arcadia and battle it out in an action-packed, fast-paced match for the crown of champion.
However, access to the Technical Test in the USA and Europe, which has now started, is limited. Similar to the Valorant announcement, however, various streamers are distributing access through Twitch drops. Ubisoft has already revealed how exactly this works and which streamers are involved.
Hyper Scape Gameplay: How does the shooter play?
Hyper Scape has been designed from the ground up as an intense, vertical and fast-paced battle royale shooter. Three-player squads and solo players immerse themselves in the futuristic virtual city of Neo-Arcadia and fight each other in dynamic firefights. A special feature of the game are the hacks:
Hacks are special abilities that are scattered all over the map and can be picked up like weapons. They unlock offensive and defensive abilities that can be adapted to individual game tactics.
These include mines, enemy scans, invisibility or protective walls that stop incoming fire. The hacks can be intuitively combined and interchanged. All hacks and weapons can be further improved in their properties with the help of the Fusion feature.
Decayed world provides innovation
Another special feature of Hyper Scape is the game world, which disintegrates into itself. Neo Arcadia dissolves into different areas. The unique echo feature also sounds exciting, with which players can still stay in the game after they have been eliminated.
At the end of each match in Hyper Scape, the showdown begins, with the crown appearing on the map. There are two ways to win the round: whoever gets the crown and wears it with the squad for 45 seconds wins. Or, as is typical for the genre, you are the last surviving player or squad.
Twitch viewers of Hyper Scape have an influence on the gameplay
Hyper Scape rewards players for watching livestreams. Together with Twitch, the Hyper Scape Crowncast Twitch extension was developed, allowing live viewers to influence the game.
Viewers simultaneously influence matches by voting for different events, such as “Low Gravity” or “Unlimited Ammo,” thus changing the course of the game for all players in the match.
Graeme Jennings, Senior Producer for Hyper Scape at Ubisoft Montreal, reveals:
“We’ve created something truly unique and new by optimizing the experience to put gameplay fun and intensity first. We’re super excited to hear feedback and first impressions from players, who can try it out for themselves right away.”
Jennings further reveals that Hyper Scape was designed to be a living game universe that is constantly evolving – even during Technical Test.
Hyper Scape will be playable for a limited time during the Technical Test on PC from today through July 7. The Technical Test includes Crown Rush mode in three-player Squad. The Dark Haze solo mode, also limited, will follow later.
Also included is a free, 10-level Battle Pass. Game progress, as well as equipment items, are to be carried over into upcoming live stages and the final game. All details about Hyper Scape are also available again on the game’s official homepage.
Hyper Scape will initially be released for PC, with an implementation for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to follow later this year. A release for the next-gen consoles PS5 and Xbox Series X is also likely.
What is actually… “Apex Legends?
Within 24 hours, “Apex Legends” became the most-watched game on Twitch – after one week, over 25 million people were already playing it. What is the battle royale shooter about?
What is “Apex Legends” about?
Scenario: In a distant future, bandits, adventurers, and outlaws settle their disputes in a sporting contest to the death. The setting is a fertile, industrially developed valley on the edge of the galaxy.
- Genre: Battle Royale shooter
- Game modes: survival battle between a maximum of 20 teams of three.
At its core, “Apex Legends” is a classic battle-royale shooter: up to 60 players land simultaneously in teams of three on the game map called “Kings Canyon” – a densely built-up, fertile valley with many accessible houses, bunkers and towers. Once on the ground, unarmed players must search their surroundings for equipment and ammunition. The goal of the game is to stay alive until the end.
To prevent players from hiding all over the map and waiting to automatically be the last one left, the game area shrinks every few minutes. The longer a round lasts, the smaller the area where survivors can move and hide.
Apex Legends refreshes this now classic game formula with some ideas that are unique to the genre: For example, before starting a round, players select one of eight heroes, each of which has two special abilities and facilitates certain play styles.
Bangalore, for example, is the classic soldier who can conceal her position with smoke grenades and call in an artillery strike in an emergency. The heroine Lifeline, on the other hand, can summon a drone to heal teammates – or directly order the delivery of high-value weapons and equipment via aerial drone. This way, all players can find the right hero for their preferred course of action.
How can I play Apex Legends?
Platform: “Apex Legends” is available for PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4.
Price: The battle royale shooter is a “Free to Play” title and can basically be played for free on all platforms.
In-game purchases: “Apex Legends” allows the purchase of cosmetic items and new heroes either by means of in-game currency, which can be earned for free in every round, or with real money. The real-money currency “Apex Coins” can be purchased in five different amounts: The smallest possible amount is 1000 Apex Points for around 9.99 euros, while the largest pack with 10,000 Apex Points content costs 99.99 euros.
The developer emphasizes that it is not possible to buy game advantages with the help of real money: You can only use it to customize the appearance of the heroes, it says, or purchase new heroes.
Age rating: “Apex Legends” does not have a youth rating (USK 18).
Which technical terms should you know?
Respawn Beacon: If a player is shot down, the team members who are still alive have the opportunity to bring the fallen comrade back into the game: Each eliminated player leaves behind a so-called Respawn Banner, which can be collected by the players of the own team and handed in at one of 28 Respawn Beacons, certain locations on the map. If this succeeds, the fallen player returns to the game.
Jumpmaster: At the beginning of the game, one of the maximum three players of a team always takes on the role of the jumpmaster. He decides when and where his team enters the game area.
Ping: Using the middle mouse button, players can alert their teammates to interesting locations in the game world or enemies. These pings are a valuable tool for communicating quickly and efficiently within the team.
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