Hyenas reveal trailer

Hyenas is Sega’s new pop culture-infused sci-fi FPS

Make war for nostalgia’s sake

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Sega unveiled the new game it had previously teased today, and it’s a bit out of left field.Ā HyenasĀ is a new sci-fi FPS from Creative Assembly, where players compete to steal and plunder caches of merch for the rich.

The premiere arrives as part of IGN’s Summer of Gaming, and was teased yesterday with a little sound bite.

HyenasĀ pits packs of players against each other in a bid to steal some merch. Old pop culture collectibles have become priceless artifacts in this world, so the goal is to plunder more memorabilia than the other crews and get them out.

It looks like HyenasĀ is really leaning into the pop culture and “irreverent” tone, as creative director Charlie Bewsher describes in a post-premiere interview. Zero-G movement and combat also look to play a factor. Each playable Hyena also has unique abilities, to cater to whatever playstyle you’d want.

Scraps of nostalgia

HyenasĀ really looks to be another entry in theĀ Tarkov-influenced extraction shooter genre. We’ve seen plenty of these, from Rainbow Six Extraction toĀ Battlefield 2042‘s Hazard Zone.

What seems to be settingĀ HyenasĀ apart is the tone itself. It’s taking a bright and brazen approach that feels right in line with the likes ofĀ Borderlands. That, plus hoards full of nostalgic loot and references, like the Nixon mask and a Rubik’s Cube.

Creative Assembly has made some stellar games, including Alien: Isolation and the Total War games, but I can’t really say I’m sold on HyenasĀ just yet. It will have a chance to prove itself ahead of its 2023 launch though. Sign-ups for the Alpha Test are live right now over on theĀ game’s website.

Otherwise,Ā HyenasĀ is aiming to launch in 2023 for PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PS5.


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