Sega cancels live-service shooter Hyenas

Screenshot from Hyenas featuring a group of mercenaries fighting in a zero-gravity mall arena.
Image: Creative Assembly / Sega

Sega is canceling the live-service shooter Hyenas before the game’s launch. Sega announced the news in a press release, stating the cancellation was due to “the lower profitability of the European region.” In addition to Hyenas, Sega will also cancel other unannounced in-development projects.

Hyenas was billed as a live-service extraction shooter that looked similar to the Payday games. However, instead of robbing banks for cash, players in Hyenas would steal high-value collectibles, some of which were based on various video game properties, including a Sonic the Hedgehog doll or an Atari 2600.

Hyenas was apparently a source of friction within Sega. During a quarterly earnings call back in August, Sega executives said they were...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/28/23894156/sega-cancels-hyenas-creative-assembly-layoffs

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