The Highguard of 2020 Was Ubisoft's Hyper Scape. Now Fans Are Reviving It

The Highguard of 2020 was Ubisoft's Hyper Scape. Now fans are reviving it

While Highguard hasn't been outright cancelled yet, its rocky start — poor reviews, a dwindling player count, and developer layoffs — means it's unlikely to have a promising future. But it isn't the first live-service multiplayer game to suffer the same fate, and it won't be the last. We all remember Concord, XDefiant, and Anthem, right?

Hyper Scape lives! Or at least it might, if one group of folks seeking to revive the game can get it working

Remember Hyper Scape? I acknowledge that this might come across as a tad mean, but in this ridiculously fast-paced world we find in, it can genuinely be hard to remember one failed live service game from the next. For a refresher, this was Ubisoft's attempt at a battle royale game back in 2020, though it didn't pan out as it was shut down only a couple of years later. Well, anyway, it's back! Sort of, not quite, but it might soon, or actually pr…