{"id":488011,"date":"2025-11-14T14:06:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/ubisoft-is-shutting-down-its-free-to-play-battle-royale-shooter-hyper-scape"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:06:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:06:43","slug":"ubisoft-is-shutting-down-its-free-to-play-battle-royale-shooter-hyper-scape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ubisoft-is-shutting-down-its-free-to-play-battle-royale-shooter-hyper-scape\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft is shutting down its free-to-play battle royale shooter Hyper Scape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ubisoft-is-shutting-down-its-free-to-play-battle-royale-shooter-hyper-scape.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Hyper Scape<\/strong>, Ubisoft&#8217;s free-to-play battle royale, will be taken offline this spring.<\/p>\n<p>News of the sunsetting was announced overnight with word that servers will go dark on April 28.<\/p>\n<p>Released on August 11, 2020, a reason for shutting the game down was not provided. 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