Writer Sega and developer Artistic Meeting (Alien Isolation, Whole Warfare sequence) lastly introduced HYENAS, their beforehand teased new shooter IP.
Not a lot was identified about it again then exterior of being “genre-defining“, however now it’s been revealed to be a sci-fi multiplayer shooter referred to as HYENAS.
HYENAS is slated for launch on Home windows (through Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X|S someday in 2023. In the event you’re within the recreation, there’s additionally an alpha enroll right here.
Right here’s the reveal trailer:
No precise gameplay was proven off within the announcement trailer, however from the descriptions made by the builders in the course of the livestream reveal (through IGN), the sport shall be a mixture of a battle royale like Apex Legends, with groups of three, and extra objective-based targets somewhat than being the final to outlive. It’s additionally a first-person shooter.
With distinctive skills in matches the place 5 groups of three compete towards one another to shoot, evade, and in the end steal, with a view to win. Given what’s proven within the trailer, it seems a lot of the items that shall be stolen will primarily be popular culture gadgets.
Suppose one thing like Funko Pop’s or Nendoroids, the place this recreation will most assuredly have loads of popular culture references with this design.
Right here’s a short rundown of the sport:
Earth is gone, the wealthy have colonised Mars and the remainder of humanity resides their worst life in The Taint, an enormous orbiting slum. Whereas humanity is attempting to outlive, the Mars billionaires are extra frightened about fulfilling their nostalgic goals. Plunderships, huge retail spacecrafts devoted to promoting salvaged pop-culture artefacts from Earth, our artefacts, at space-high costs to fulfill their needs.
We, an unlikely pack of proficient robbers, hit the Mars elite the place it hurts most: their stuff A.Okay.A. OUR stuff. They name us ‘HYENAS’.
We get in, empty some clips into their safety clones and different “preventative measures”, steal all one of the best stuff then get out. Exploding a clone in zero gravity is sort of messy, however so long as we make it out with the merch it’s price it. So, you in?
Options
- Give Zero Fs in Zero-G – Why stroll when you may fly? Traverse seamlessly into zero-G zones the place motion and fight take flight.
- Meet the HYENAS – A forged of memorable misfits with distinctive skills and large personalities. Decide a Hyena to fit your fashion, whether or not that’s all weapons blazing, or manipulating the atmosphere to your benefit.
- Steal Iconic Merch – Yesterday’s popular culture collectibles are priceless artefacts in a post-Earth age. Steal iconic memorabilia from the Plunderships’ vaults earlier than rival crews do.
- Develop into the Prime Pack – Compete towards different packs of gamers whereas taking down Plundership safety forces. Meet your loot quota and make your escape to win.
- An Evolving Problem – Stay up for new HYENAS becoming a member of the get together and the launch of additional Plunderships with extra valuable merch to steal.