Hyper Scape, a battle royale game developed by Ubisoft, has been cancelled less than two years after it was released.

Ubisoft has stated that it would shut down the battle royale game Hyper Scape in April 2022, only two years after its introduction. This isn't the first game to try to ride the current trend and fail—Battleborn comes to mind—but it's a speedy turnaround. It's tough to gain traction in a crowded market, and it appears that this fight royale fell short.

Hyper Scape was only recently disclosed by Ubisoft, and it will be released in the summer of 2020. It appeared to be a standard battle royale with a twist at the time, forsaking custom loadouts in favour of players picking up everything as the game continued and allowing players to upgrade their firearms by finding the same gun again. Hyper Scape delivered enough to feel like more than just a clone of other popular battle royale games like Apex Legends or Call of Duty: Warzone, thanks to a variety of abilities that ranged from beneficial to ludicrous. However, following initially high player numbers fueled by collaboration with content creators, Hyper Scape's popularity dwindled soon, while its competitors continued to attract the majority of gamers' attention.

Hyper Scape will be officially shut down in April, according to a Ubisoft blog post, less than two years after its inception. The message is brief, stating just that the devs would take what they've learned from the game and apply it to future projects, as well as thanking the game's fans. There are no events or incentives for those who complete the game to the finish, as is often the case when games close down. Overall, it's a quiet, abrupt finish to a game that hadn't seen the level of participation that Ubisoft had hoped for.

However, this was not due to a lack of effort. The list of adjustments to the game when Ubisoft launched season two of Hyper Scape revealed that the firm had listened to issues regarding balancing, cross-play, and overall combat. The game's development crew was literally rebuilt to focus more closely on development goals. All of this signalled that Ubisoft had big aspirations for Hyper Scape and was dedicated to making it better and more like what fans desired. However, because the game's player base had already shrunk, it's probable that these adjustments came too late to save it. Whatever the situation may be, it appears that Hyper Scape was never able to live up to its full potential.

This is not the first time Ubisoft has attempted to cash in on current trends, and it certainly won't be the last. With its "Ubisoft Quartz" programme, the corporation has already embraced NFTs, however, the results have been mixed. Perhaps the corporation will attempt a battle royale once more in the future. Meanwhile, Hyper Scape has vanished into the sunset.