Sega enters multiplayer first-person shooter games with Hyenas, a multi-team game that takes place in zero-G arenas where players steal from the rich and give to their bank accounts. Developed by the team at Creative Assembly responsible for 2014’s Alien: Isolation, the colorful shooter had a full-on unveiling as part of IGN’s Summer of Gaming. The new announcement trailer reveals that the studio’s crazy tone is underway and may show what gamers can expect when it’s released next year on Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and PC.
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The titular hyenas are space scallywags that players take control of when logging on to each session. In teams of three, players will steal “pop culture products” from wealthy Mars opportunists hoping to tap into nostalgia from those longing for a planet they left in the dust. The game’s style is described as more colorful than the typical post-apocalyptic shooter thanks to its “graphic novel art style”. This style puts it in line with other multiplayer games such as Offenders and Bleeding edge. And like the titles Hyenas will not be a free game.
The earth is in ruins. We are crushed. The billionaires on Mars have it all. Time to change that. #JoinThePack in #HYENERthe new team-based zero-G FPS from @CAGAmes.
Here is the announced trailer. pic.twitter.com/Vm7heh7bFb– HYENAS (@PlayHyenas) June 22, 2022
Specific characters seen in the announced trailer include a Richard Nixon mask that swings shotguns with a deployable turret called The Pro and an astronaut with a Exchange-like foam gun called Commander Wright. Other characters and abilities will drop in familiar tropes, including stealth, offensive, and hacking.
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Eagle-eyed trailer viewers can see plenty of references to the Sega story in the items that the hyenas are pursuing. Creative Assembly also promises references to other games such as Autumn boys and League of legendsmaking it a setup that works perfectly for the type of multiversal crossover that is in the spotlight right now.
