Patch 3.1 brings several balancing changes requested by the community, as well as improvements for ammo management in Team deathmatch and multiple bug fixes.

WEAPONS & HACKS

After patch 3.0, we received multiple feedback from the community about the Protocol sniper rifle being too dominant in the revamped Neo Arcadia map; this was also confirmed when looking at weapon data across all platforms. Although some weapons remain more popular, the sniper is supposed to be a secondary weapon and it creates too much pressure when it becomes common at mid-range. We’ll be adjusting the Protocol, along with the Dragonfly for the same reason (although this weapon is not as dominant). We preferred not to touch actual damages, as the overall game balance feels right at the moment and decided to only adjust their ranges and aim assist.

In term of hacks, following the removal of health kit pickables in the map, we decid...

Intro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX0LbLiYszM

We’re happy to announce that Hyper Scape’s third season will release on March 11. In this blog post, we’ve highlighted new features and updates that we’ve been working on these past few months. This is more of a brief glimpse of what’s to come in season three, and we hope this will get you excited for what’s next! The full patch will be released on March 11.

World Update

Welcome to Neo Arcadia 2.0, Contenders. The bigger map now features new key landmarks, more diversified terrain, and more identifiable zones for players to traverse. We really wanted each area to have its own pers...

When does PC join the global matchmaking pool?

PC crossplay will be on by default starting Jan 28, 2021 @ noon EST.

How will it work?

Starting January 28, crossplay will be on by default on PC, meaning PC players will be placed in the same global matchmaking pool as players on PlayStation and Xbox. As is the case on console, players will be able to deactivate crossplay on PC within the game menus. If they do so, they might experience long matchmaking times, as they will be placed in a PC only matchmaking pool with the other players that have opted out of PC crossplay.

Will console players be forced into matchmaking with PC players?

No. Console players can decide to opt-out of crossplay by deactivating this option in the in-game menu. If they do so, they will be matched with...

Patch 2.6 introduces nerfs to aim assist, improvements to Crown Rush modes, Team Deathmatch and Arcadium, as well as new cosmetic items in the Marketplace and more.

COMBAT

AIM ASSIST REDUCTION

With this update we are bringing several modifications to our bullet magnet system, to reduce its impact in game, on all platforms.

First, the bullet magnet’s intensity has been reduced and flattened out across the board. This will reduce some of its negative side effects and ensure a global aim-assist behavior more similar for all players whatever gaming platform they use.

The effective range at which bullet magnet is active has also been reduced for most weapons. With this change we want to remove the “aimbot” feeling players can have when using weapons with a high rate of fire at long distance – especially the Harpy or the Ripper. The effective bullet magnet ranges were almost halved for most weapons, and will...

We will be soon releasing our next update in the Hyper Scape Lab – the next big patch is planned to drop on January 26 on all platforms. As was the case with previous updates, our goal with this patch is too continue developing and refining new ways for people to learn and improve key skills for our super fast-paced FPS experience.

As a quick refresher, the Hyper Scape Lab is what we’re calling this current phase of development where we’ve broken the dev team into autonomous development cells focused creating features and improvements based upon the following areas (one cell per pillar): - Combat - Onboarding - Game Modes - Player Goals - Crossplay - World - Shop

DISCLAIMER: As always with game development, all the features and dates mentioned below are subject to change. It might happen that some things take a bit more (or less!) time to be developed and released so we’ll make sure to update you all if that’s the case.

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Patch 2.5 introduces crossplay and improvements to certain features that were introduced in our previous Lab phase including Team Deathmatch and Arcadium. As we explained recently, we are now in the Hyper Scape Lab phase of the Season 2, and we are going to let our players experience certain features while they are still in beta, to gather feedback from our community.

NEW FEATURES

CROSSPLAY (SOFT LAUNCH)

Patch 2.5 finally introduces the long-awaited crossplay feature! Crossplay will enable you to play online with friends and players over different gaming systems.

For this first iteration we will offer full crossplay between consoles, and by-invite for PC. On console, if crossplay is enabled you will be able to play fre...

The Hyper Scape Lab – December Update

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We’ve been very happy with the response we’ve seen to our previous Lab Patch (v2.3), which introduced big new features such as Team Deathmatch, Arcadium Free Roam, new weapon reticles, time-of-day rotation, and more. Those additions are giving us a great base to build upon, and you’ll see in this update some key changes coming to those new modes, as well as some additional improvements to the overall quality of life for our Contenders.

As a quick refresher, the...

Patch v2.3 – Season 2 – TU 2

Patch 2.3 introduces several major new features to Hyper Scape as well as a series of improvement to combat comfort. As we explained recently, we are now in the Hyper Scape Lab phase of the Season 2, and we are going to let our players experience certain features while they are still in beta, to gather feedback from our community.

NEW FEATURES

BETA TEAM DEATHMATCH

Patch 2.3 finally introduces the long-awaited Team Deathmatch (aka “TDM”) game mode!

Team Deathmatch is a new fast-paced 6v6 game mode taking place in specific areas of Neo Arc...

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Introducing the Hyper Scape Lab

## Intro

https://youtu.be/DMng6I2ui_8

As announced in our previous communication, the Hyper Scape development team is n...

NEW FEATURES

FOV SLIDER ON PS4 AND XBOX ONE

Reminder, that since our update earlier this week, we are now supporting the FOV slider on all generations of PS4 & Xbox One.

Keep in mind that changing the default value might impact the overall visual quality of the game, as it affects the dynamic resolution scaling.

• Default value: 80
• Minimum value: 70
• Maximum value: 105

Developer Notes: You may have noticed the default FOV value has changed from 65 to 80. In fact, the value remains the same, but we converted our FOV measurements from Vertical (65) to Horizontal (80) to match player preference.

WEAPONS

Patch 2.2 adjusts some of the changes from patch 2.1 and fixes a major issue with the Komodo.

While we intended to make the Komodo more efficient & popular...

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NEW FEATURES

CONTROLLER AIMING IMPROVEMENTS

A new exponential aiming curve has been added for controllers and the behavior of the other curves has been improved. The three aiming curves (classic, linear and exponential) now use the same speed / top speed settings. We also fixed some issues where the diagonal speed was sometimes different between vertical & horizontal speed, which should increase the comfort when aiming.

This comes with new aiming settings to customize your controller:

• Horizontal extra speed
• Vertical extra speed
• Horizontal extra speed (ADS)
• Vertical extra speed (ADS)
• Extra speed delay
• Extra spe...

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It’s time to conquer the Hyper Scape with your friends! Introducing our new Friend Referral Program, where you can recruit friends to join you in the fast-paced action of Crown Rush. It’s simple: refer your friends, and after they play their first 3 games, you both unlock exclusive cosmetics!

Without further ado, we’d like to give you an idea of the benefits (and rewards!) you get for referring friends, as well as the simple steps for sending them an invite:

REWARDS

Players who refer a friend will be able to connect with them via a unique link or email invite generated here. As their...

Alongside the launch of Season 2, we’re excited to introduce the new Community Bug Reporter tool for Hyper Scape! This online tool allows players to easily submit, contribute, and validate bugs they encounter while playing.

Transparency is important to us, so it’s especially exciting that this tool will help to break down barriers between players’ experiences and the development team. This means making it easier to share bugs with the team and allowing them to highlight what they’re actively working on resolving.

To start...

HYPER SCAPE CREDITS

NCSA EXECUTIVES

PRESIDENT, NCSA
Laurent DETOC

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING AND CONSUMER EXPERIENCE
Tony KEY

VP, MARKETING
Adam NOVICKAS

VP, EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER
Jay COHEN

NCSA BRAND

DIRECTOR, MARKETING
Trevor SHACKELFORD

SENIOR BUSINESS PERFORMANCE MANAGER
Regina KHALIMOVA

SENIOR BRAND MANAGER
Jon BAILEY

BRAND MANAGER
Brad PETERS

BRAND MANAGER
Austin FONG

BRAND PROJECT MANAGER
Christian COLON

NCSA PUBLIC RELATIONS

SENIOR DIRECTOR, PUBLIC RELATIONS
Tim CUMMINS

SENIOR PUBLIC RELA...