SEGA reveals exactly why it cancelled Hyenas, its live service Super Game [Video]

SEGA’s ill-fated FPS game Hyenas was wiped out last year, and new investor reports give us an idea of the publisher’s thought process behind the game’s cancellation.

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A bit ago, SEGA, the house of Sonic, wanted to make a live service first-person shooter. The project was called Hyenas, and it was in development at its European subsidiary Creative Assembly. Hyenas was to be the budding fruit of a nascent new strategy from SEGA–one called Super Games, which took aim at online-driven experiences that lasted for multiple years.Unfortunately, the project was cancelled and Hyenas was shut down before it even launched. Now we know why SEGA pulled the plug.

In a word, it comes down to the same that’s wracked the games industry over the last two years: Cost. Live games are expensive in all aspects. SEGA should know–it runs and operates Phantasy Star Online 2, a successful live game.

Q: The decision to cancel the development of “HYENAS” in the fiscal year ending March 2024 was …