Hyper Scape

Article summary

Hyper Scape was a free-to-play first-person shooter battle royale game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game was notable for its integration with video game live streamers which allowed viewers on Twitch to affect the outcome of a match. The open beta for Microsoft Windows was released on July 12, 2020. The game was released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 11, 2020. It received mixed reactions, with praise for its graphics, map design and deviations from the genre but criticism for its unbalanced gunplay and game mechanics. The game failed to meet expectations from players, with Ubisoft announcing that they would start overhauling the game's gameplay and systems. The game shut down on April 28, 2022.

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1. release date: 2020-07-12 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2020-08-11 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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