Officially GoneGAMES

Hyper Scape

Ubisoft launched a fast vertical battle royale with livestream voting, but Neo Arcadia emptied in less than two years.

HOW CLOSE TO REALITY100/100
CATEGORYGames
LIFECYCLE2020—2022
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Quick facts

Existence state
Officially Gone
Peak stage
general availability
Research confidence
high
Last verified
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What it was

A free-to-play first-person battle royale developed by Ubisoft Montreal.

Hyper Scape emphasised rooftop movement, instant ability pickups and Twitch integrations that let audiences alter matches.

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Existence timeline

Open beta

PC players enter Ubisoft's new battle royale.

Formal launch

The game opens on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Season updates

Ubisoft changes modes and progression while the audience declines.

Closure announced

Ubisoft confirms that development and service will end.

Servers close

Neo Arcadia becomes inaccessible.

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Why it ended

Ubisoft ended development and closed the service on 28 April 2022 after failing to build a sustainable audience.

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Last confirmed trace

Trailers, match recordings, concept art and archived promotional pages preserve the inaccessible city and its experimental broadcast systems.
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What it left behind

Its short life captures the period when major publishers launched many polished battle royales into an already consolidated market.

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How we classified it

The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.

Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.

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Sources & verification

Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.

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