Make war for nostalgia’s sake
Sega unveiled the new game it had previously teased today, and it’s a bit out of left field.Hyenasis 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 ofIGN’s Summer of Gaming, and was teased yesterdaywith a little sound bite.
Hyenaspits 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 likeHyenasis really leaning into the pop culture and “irreverent” tone, as creative director Charlie Bewsher describes in apost-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
Hyenasreally looks to be another entry in theTarkov-influenced extraction shooter genre. We’ve seen plenty of these, fromRainbow Six ExtractiontoBattlefield 2042‘sHazard Zone.
What seems to be settingHyenasapart is the tone itself. It’s taking a bright and brazen approach that feels right in line with the likes ofBorderlands. 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, includingAlien: Isolationand theTotal Wargames, but I can’t really say I’m sold onHyenasjust yet. It will have a chance to prove itself ahead of its 2023 launch though. Sign-ups for the Alpha Test arelive right nowover on the game’s website.
Otherwise,Hyenasis aiming to launch in 2023 for PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PS5.
